Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) - HBW 6, p. 225
French: Martin-chasseur à dos de feu
German: Rotbürzelliest
Spanish: Alción Culirrojo
Other common names: Golden/Red-rumped Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould, 1841, interior of New South Wales.
Genus often merged into Halcyon. Monotypic.
Distribution: Australia, except extreme SW and Tasmania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird calling on a electrical wire. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 2 years ago 25 sec 3.7 -
A male perched on a telephone wire Locality Lota, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Tom Tarrant 29 February 1996 8 years ago 36 sec 3.4 -
one flying from a wire, then perch on top of a bush Locality Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 25 July 2009 3 years ago 19 sec 3
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Adult bird perched on a branch
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2012 40 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult bird on a branch
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
David Taylor 1 June 2012 40 weeks ago 4.4 -
This adult bird typically shows off it`s obvious red back.
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia
Edward Smith 2 October 2012 32 weeks ago 4 -
Adult female on roadside fence-post.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 17 June 2006 4 years ago 3.7 -
Red-backed Kingfisher perched on a dead branch
Locality Bowra Station, Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 16 August 2008 1 year ago 3.6 -
One bird perched atop a dead tree - digiscoped
Locality Gluepot Nature Reserve, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Waanders 13 February 2010 3 years ago 3.3
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A bird calling on a electrical wire. Locality Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 October 2009 2 years ago 3.5
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