Little Kingfisher
Ceyx pusillus
Cairns Centenary Lakes, FN Qld IMG_6173 20231014 - halli CLICK for another view.
Notes: Tiny. Short tail, long black bill. Glossy blue
upperparts, white underparts — cf larger
Azure Kingfisher. White spots
on lores & hindneck — cf larger
Forest Kingfisher. Juvenile
greenish wash to blue colours, buffy loral spot and neck patch, blackish side
of breast.
Ssp halli deep violet-blue upperparts; ramsayi
less dark & violet above.
In wet tropics vegetation overhanging
water, esp. mangroves.
Range from Morcombe©
Freshwater Lake, Cairns Centenary Lakes, FNE Qld IMG_6574 20231015 - halli CLICK for another view.
Freshwater Lake, Cairns Centenary Lakes, FNE Qld IMG_6520 20231015 - halli CLICK for another pic.
Freshwater, Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_6549 20231015 - halli fishing. CLICK for another success.
Cemetery, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_6237 20231014 - halli going fishing CLICK for no luck this time.
Hasties Swamp NP, Atherton, FN Qld IMG_6109 20180226 - halli. CLICK for another view.
Cemetery, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_9261 20230409 - halli juvenile. CLICK for another view.
Cemetery, Cairns North, FNE Qld MVI_9231-9232 20230409 - halli juvenile
Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_6183 20231014 - halli
Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns North, FNE Qld IMG_6658 20231015 - halli eating a prey.