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Todiramphus sanctus |
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) |
Halcyon sancta |
Family: kingfishers |
Order: Coraciiformes |
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Sacred kingfisher |
Martin-chasseur sacré |
Alción sagrado |
Götzenliest |
Nominate sanctus in S Australia mostly migrates N after breeding, although a few remain behind,
particularly on coast; migrates to New Guinea and Indonesia, moving W to Sumatra, N to Borneo and Talaud Is,
and E to Solomon Is; nocturnal movement, leaving Australia on a broad front from the Arufura Sea to the Coral
Sea, large numbers crossing the Torres Strait and exhausted birds arriving on islets off Port Moresby; juveniles
may migrate N before adults; 2 ringed Australian birds recovered over 2500 km to N, but others probably travel
4000 km; ringing studies have shown that individuals return to same breeding and non-breeding sites in
successive years. Present throughout year in N Australia, with numbers in Darwin peaking in Apr-May and Aug-
Sept; more common along coast in winter. In New Zealand, race vagans> shows altitudinal migration, with
post-breeding movement from higher altitudes to the coast and also from forest to coast and open lands.
Populations on Lord Howe I, Norfolk I and Kermadec Is are sedentary. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A,
Sargatal J (eds), 2001)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (2001) - www.hbw.com,
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |