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Alternative name: Vanuatu Kingfisher

Todiramphus farquhari

[edit] Identification

19-21cm

• Dark blue upperparts
• Rich orange underparts
• White spot in front of the eye
• Broad black band on side of head
• White throat and collar

[edit] Distribution

Australasia found on Vanuatu (Espíritu Santo, Malo and Malakula).

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Dense rainforest above 200m.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects, beetles, spiders and small lizards.

[edit] Breeding

The nest may be hole in a palm tree or tree fern but more often both sexes excavate a burrow in a termite mound in a tree. The clutch consists of 3-4 white eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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