Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Blue-and-white Kingfisher (Todiramphus diops) - HBW 6, p. 215
French: Martin-chasseur des Moluques
German: Lasurliest
Spanish: Alción Moluqueño
Other common names: Moluccan/North Moluccan Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Alcedo diops Temminck, 1824, Amboina, Timor and Sulawesi; error = Ternate.
Genus often merged into Halcyon. Forms a superspecies with T. lazuli, T. macleayii, T. albonotatus, T. leucopygius and T. farquhari. Formerly considered conspecific with T. lazuli. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Moluccas, on Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Bacan, Obilatu, Obi, Damar and Ngelengele.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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First a female is shown, then a short and blurry sequence of a male for comparison (male lacking breastband). Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 15 August 2009 34 weeks ago 21 sec 3.6 -
A distant female perched Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 1999 4 years ago 13 sec 3 -
Front view of perched female Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
mark sutton 28 July 1997 1 year ago 24 sec 2.4 -
Two views of a female perched Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
John Gregory 1999 4 years ago 27 sec 2.3
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A male perched inside roadside forest.
Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 20 October 2011 8 weeks ago 4 -
Male and female eating gecko
Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 5 October 2011 15 weeks ago 3 -
Male and female eating gecko
Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 5 October 2011 15 weeks ago 2.8 -
Male and female on a branch
Locality Halmahera, Maluku Islands (Indonesia)
wedaresort 5 October 2011 15 weeks ago 2.8
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