Species profile
Beach Kingfisher
Todiramphus saurophagus
Quick answer
Local name Man Kob Biror (Sansundi). Range T. s. saurophagus Biak, Supiori, Padaido Islands, Numfor, Yapen. Status Resident. Obtained by most collectors including Ripley. The latter observed it in mangroves at the edge of a swamp on Supiori. Thereafter rarely seen on Biak until the creation of the tsunami swamp, where it is common. 17 July 1994: one on Wundi in the Padaido Islands (D. Roberson, eBird checklist S 6813691).
- Scientific name
- Todiramphus saurophagus
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Genus
- Todiramphus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Alcedinidae
- African Dwarf-kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
- African Pygmy-kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
- Alcedo albogularis (Alcedo albogularis)
- Alcedo atricapilla (Alcedo atricapilla)
- Alcedo bicolor (Alcedo bicolor)
- Alcedo brasiliensis (Alcedo brasiliensis)
- Alcedo caerulea (Alcedo caerulea)
- Alcedo caeruleocephala (Alcedo caeruleocephala)