Red-backed Kingfisher
UncommonGBIF 32.6·Dongniao Rarity Index9.25
英文名：Red-backed Kingfisher（学名：Todiramphus pyrrhopygius），是佛法僧目翠鸟科的鸟类。20–24 厘米。雄鸟：头顶具灰绿色纵纹；黑色眼罩长；上背灰绿色；翅/尾暗蓝色；下背浅橙棕色。雌鸟：色较暗淡，上体更灰。单只、成对：停栖于空旷的枯树、架空电线上；常远离水源或隐蔽处。飞行迅速、直线：捕食大型昆虫、小型爬行动物、家鼠。
Red-backed Kingfisher
20-24 cm. Male: crown streaked grey-green; long black mask; mantle grey-green; wings/tail dusty blue; lower back pale orange-tan. Female: duller, greyer above. Singles, pairs: perches open dead trees, overhead wires; often far from water or cover. Flight swift, direct: hunts large insects, small reptiles, house mice.
- Similar Species
- Sacred Kingfisher.
- Voice
- mournful level whistle, 'peel'; parrot-like chatter and far-carrying 'k-prrr, k-prrr' when courting.
- Habitat
- sparse inland woodlands, scrublands; often far from water: gibber, spinifex, other grasslands; tree-lined dry watercourses; grassy tropical woodlands.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Feb.
- Eggs
- 4-5; white, rounded; in burrow in creek bank, cliff, road cutting, sand-dump, termite mound; occasionally in hollow branch.
- Range & Status
- mainland Aust.: spring-summer (Sept.-Feb.) breeding migrant to inland and drier sub-coastal se. and sw. Aust.; vagrant s. Vic., Tas. Winters in inland and n. Aust. Uncommon. Migratory; nomadic.
