Torresian Kingfisher - BirdForum Opus

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Todiramphus sordidus

Identification

• Dark green crown
• Black eyestripe extending as small line to neck
• Broad white neck collar
• Dark blue-green upperparts, wings and tail
• White underparts
• Black bill with horn-coloured base of lower mandible

Distribution

Australia and southern New Guinea.

Taxonomy

This species belongs to the Collared Kingfisher complex and was formerly considered conspecific with Collared Kingfisher, Mariana Kingfisher, Colonist Kingfisher, Melanesian Kingfisher and Pacific Kingfisher.

Subspecies

Three subspecies recognized:

• T. s. pilbara: Western Australia (Exmouth Gulf to mouth of Turner River)
• T. s. sordidus: Southern New Guinea, Aru Islands and coastal northern Australia
• T. s. colcloughi: Central Queensland coast to north-eastern New South Wales

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.4). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved October 2015)

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Torresian Kingfisher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Torresian_Kingfisher

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