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Tuamotu Kingfisher
Todiramphus gambieri (Oustalet, 1895)
Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Tuamotu Kingfisher, Todiramphus gambieri, is a kingfisher in the family Alcedinidae that breeds in the Pacific Ocean on Niau in the Tuamotu Archipelago and on Mangareva in the Gambier group of eastern Polynesia. It is a bird of semi-open country, including coconut plantations, limestone forest and cultivated ground near villages, and it may also feed in wetlands and along the coast. It is recognised by a cream head and neck, blue ear-coverts, a white chin and often a rufous breast band, with blue upperparts, wings and tail.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Niau (w Tuamotu Arch.) and Mangareva (=Gambier, se Tuamotu Arch., e Polynesia)
