Sacred Kingfisher

Götz Reads ( Todirhamphus sanctus )

The idol Reads ( Todirhamphus sanctus ) is a living in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, Kingfisher.

Features

The idol Reads is 19-23 cm long and 65 g. The plumage is on the back, at the apex, on the wings and tail turquoise blue, chest and belly white and cream on the neck. The bird has a width, dark eye stripe. Except in the mating season of birds living alone.

Occurrence

The idol Reads lives in Melaleuca, mangrove, tea trees and eucalyptus forests in Australia, New Guinea, Tasmania, New Zealand and New Caledonia. In the southern winter, the kind migrates slightly north.

Food

The idol Reads hunts mostly on land and only rarely in the water. It feeds on reptiles, mainly lizards, large insects and their larvae, crustaceans and rare fish. Even small mammals and birds are not scorned.

Reproduction

The idol Reads breeds mainly from September to December, when the conditions are good sometimes to March. Usually bred twice a year. Both partners dig the breeding burrow either in a termite hill, in a hollow branch or in a sandbank, incubate the three to six eggs and care for the pups. The boys hatch after 18 days to leave the nest after a further 26 days.