#1417 · 🐦 birds

Sacred Kingfisher

🇳🇱 Heilige IJsvogel ·Todiramphus sanctus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Saryu Mae 前朝琉 · CC BY 4.0
2. © Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jack Morgan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jacqui Geux · CC BY 4.0
5. © Nicole Brooker · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Meadowbank, Auckland 1072, New Zealand:© Jacqui Geux · CC BY 4.0
7. Canterbury, New Zealand:© Ben Ackerley · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Waimahanga Track, Onerahi, Whangarei 0110, New Zealand:© riser5 · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Wellington, New Zealand:© Alan Bell · CC BY 4.0
10. Okia Flat 9077, New Zealand:© splish · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The sacred kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus ) is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that occurs in mangroves, woodlands, forests, and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the western Pacific. In New Zealand the species is also known by its Māori name kōtare .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,488iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
22,488 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Thomas Horsfield in 1827 (199 years ago).