Sacred kingfisher

Sacred kingfisher
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Todiramphus
Species:
T. sanctus
Binomial name
Todiramphus sanctus
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Synonyms

Halcyon sancta

Wonga, Queensland, Australia

The sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that occurs in mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific.[1]

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Todiramphus sanctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683442A92986873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683442A92986873.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.