Alcedo azureus, Latham, 1801

Bishop, K. David, 2023, The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143 (1), pp. 3-62 : 40

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11646121
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB878A-FFF4-E11F-A38F-FACFFEC0FA76
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Alcedo azureus
status

Treatment

AZURE KINGFISHER Alcedo azureus #

Range A. a. ochrogaster Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Resident. Obtained by four collectors but except KDB’s observations and those by Gibbs (1993) there appear to be no recent records on Biak. Based on our few observations it appears widespread but confined to streams and creeks in forest and is usually seen singly or in pairs.