Alcedo azurea
(Azure kingfisher)
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FAMILY |
Alcedinidae |
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Species |
Alcedo azurea |
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Common name |
Azure kingfisher |
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Main colour |
Blue |
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Distinctive feature |
Blue and rufous body, size 18-19 cm |
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Campus |
Cairns, Townsville |
Description
This kingfisher will usually be seen perched on low branches or on logs etc over a stream where it can easily observe and dive for prey. The upperparts are blue and underparts rufous-coloured with a distinctive rufous-coloured spot in front of the eye and a whitish flash on the throat. The blue tail is short, legs and feet are orange, eyes dark brown, bill long and thin and black.
