Todiramphus sanctus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

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.11646113
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AB878A-FFF4-E11F-A38F-FC99FC08FBAB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Todiramphus sanctus
status

Treatment

SACRED KINGFISHER Todiramphus sanctus View in CoL #

Range T. s. sanctus Biak, Supiori, Rani, Numfor, Yapen.

Status Austral migrant. Widespread and common in May‒October on Biak. Earliest 28 May (D. Holmes unpubl.), latest 8 November 2017 (A. Walker, eBird checklist S46415300) and 1 December 1937 ( Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939), a rather late date for this Australian bird. 6 August 2015: one on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191).