Chattering Kingfisher

The Chattering Kingfisher lives singly or in pairs and feeds on insects and lizards taken on the wing or from the ground. The species nests in tree cavities.

The Chattering Kingfisher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Similar to the Chattering Kingfisher except that it has a ruffous IDENTIFICATION: A small bird to 22cm. Bill long stout and black; legs short and dark grey; tail narrow and dark blue. Body blue to blue-green above interrupted by a wide dull yellowish-orange collar and a narrow dull yellowish-orange head-band above the eye leaving a large blue-green cap; white below. Legs dark. VOICE: a characteristic two-note "tanga-eeeoo", repeated 3-5 times in succession, a pair sometimes call alternately. Also represented as "ki-wow". More

The Chattering Kingfisher (Todiramphus tutus) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family Alcedinidae. The species is found in the Cook Islands and the Society Islands in French Polynesia. The species is probably closely related to the white-bellied Collared Kingfishers of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa. It resembles the Collared Kingfisher but is smaller and lacks any rust colour in the plumage. More

The Chattering Kingfisher (Todiramphus tutus) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family Alcedinidae. More

The Chattering Kingfisher (Todiramphus tutus) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in the Cook Islands and French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattering_Kingfisher The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. More