Forest kingfisher

Forest kingfisher
Daintree Village, Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Todiramphus
Species:
T. macleayii
Binomial name
Todiramphus macleayii
(Jardine & Selby, 1830)
Subspecies[2]
  • T. m. elisabeth – (Heine, 1883)
  • T. m. macleayii – (Jardine & Selby, 1830)
  • T. m. incinctus – (Gould, 1838)
Synonyms

Halcyon macleayii

The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea and coastal eastern and Northern Australia. Like many other kingfishers, it hunts invertebrates, small frogs, and lizards.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Todiramphus macleayii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683322A92983942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683322A92983942.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.