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Society Kingfisher
Todiramphus veneratus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Society Kingfisher, Todiramphus veneratus, is a kingfisher of the family Alcedinidae that lives in the Society Islands of Pacific Ocean, with breeding recorded on Moorea and Tahiti. It was first described by Gmelin in 1788. The species is found in forest, including moist lowland and moist montane types in subtropical or tropical areas. On Tahiti, the nominate form shows dull olive upperparts in the male, with a brownish blue-green head and an aquamarine patch behind the eye and on the ear coverts. The female there is dusky brown above and has a marked brown band across the breast.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Moorea and Tahiti (se Society Is., e Polynesia)
