Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Sacred Kingfisher, Todiramphus sanctus, is a kingfisher of the family Alcedinidae that breeds in Australia, New Caledonia, Lord Howe, Norfolk Island, New Zealand and the eastern Solomon Islands. Outside the breeding season it ranges to the Indonesian Archipelago, New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands. It was described by Vigors and Horsfield in 1827. The species is found in mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys. It is also known in New Zealand by the Māori name kōtare.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region, Australasia: Australia, New Caledonia including Loyalty Is., Lord Howe, Norfolk I., New Zealand and e Solomon Is.
- Nonbreeding range
- to Indonesian Arch., New Guinea region, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
