Tuesday, October 18, 2016

SACRED KINGFISHER

Photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016 
(see  149)              SACRED KINGFISHER                    Todiramphus sanctus  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (44)        

Found along mangrove fringes, in open woodlands and along forest edges, and in scattered trees in fields near villages; usually in coastal lowlands but also hills inland. 22 cms. Range: Australasia, southern population migrates north; common southern winter visitor in Papua and Wallacea; common further north and west, including Java; uncommon in Kalimantan



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