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  • Forest Kingfisher, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Jens Sommer-Knudsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Forest Kingfisher, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Tan Kok Hui, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Forest Kingfisher, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Jens Sommer-Knudsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Forest Kingfisher, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) clbaker85, all rights reserved

  • Forest Kingfisher, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) andrew_mc, all rights reserved

  • Forest Kingfisher, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Frédéric Desmoulins, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Forest Kingfisher

Todiramphus macleayii

Worldwide
4,386 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as the Macleay's or 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 and small frogs and lizards.

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