Red-backed Kingfisher
Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
Windorah, SW Qld IMG_4899 20180608 - adult
Notes: Desert kingfisher w. white streaking on crown;
rufous back, rump, uppertail coverts
(cf
Sacred Kingfisher). Female: greens & blues of upperparts
duller than male. Juvenile:
initially w. small white tip to bill,
pink tinge to basal half of lower mandible, feathers on sides
of
breast & neck scalloped by blackish fringes. Perches on high dead
trees or wires.
Excavates tunnel nest in earth-walls & banks.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©
Kununurra, NE WA IMG_6943 20180813 - adult
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA MVI_7386 20180814 - adult with White-throated Honeyeater
Noonbah Station, SW Qld IMG_4635 20200913
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_1445 20180904 - adult
Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_5710 20200620 - juvenile. CLICK for another view.
Karumba Point, FN Qld IMG_5711 20200620 - juvenile
Noonbah Station, SW Qld IMG_4623 20200913 - repeatedly calling chew every 3 seconds.
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA MVI_7411 20180814