Sacred Kingfisher

Sacred Kingfisher is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific. It is mostly blue-green to turquoise above with white underparts and collar feathers, a black mask and buff lores. Both sexes are similar, though females are usually greener and duller (Wikipedia, general species account). The species is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The specimen was collected in Norfolk Island in October 1879 by E. The species is distributed in Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia, much of northern and western Melanesia, and the Kermadec Islands. Notable features include also occurred as a vagrant on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Nauru. In New Zealand, T. sanctus vagans shows altitudinal migration, with post-breeding movement from higher altitudes to the coast and also from forest to coast and open lands. (Wikipedia, general species account).