Little Kingfisher
Ceyx pusillus· 翠鸟科(1 photos)
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Little Kingfisher
11.5-13 cm. Tiny; glossy dark blue above (paler in NT), white below; white spot before eyes and on sides of neck; feet black. Immature: paler, scalloped. Perches low, plunges, returns to perch; sometimes hovers. Flight darting, direct, low over water.
- Similar Species
- Forest Kingfisher.
- Voice
- squeaks.
- Habitat
- well-vegetated coastal creeks; streams in rainforests; tidal, mangrove-lined creeks, swamps.
- Breeding
- Oct.-March.
- Nest
- small burrow in creekbank.
- Eggs
- 4-5; white, rounded, glossy.
- Range & Status
- coastal Top End (NT); coastal n. and ne. Q, from Normanton-C. York to s. of Mackay. Sedentary; with local movements. Also Torres Strait, PNG, Solomon Is.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Ceyx pusillus pusillus 2. Ceyx pusillus ramsayi 3. Ceyx pusillus halli
