About the Chattering Kingfisher
The chattering kingfisher is a species of bird in the kingfisher family Alcedinidae. The species is found in the Cook Islands and the Society Islands in French Polynesia.
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It resembles the collared kingfisher but is smaller and lacks any rust colour in the plumage. The breast and throat is white, and the back, wings and crown are blue-green (although the crown of the Atiu subspecies is almost entirely white). It can be told from the Tahiti kingfisher by the complete white collar.
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Where the Chattering Kingfisher lives
When to see the Chattering Kingfisher
Peak activity in July · a resident species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Ultramarine KingfisherTodiramphus leucopygiusThe ultramarine kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
White-mantled KingfisherTodiramphus albonotatusThe white-mantled kingfisher is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) in length and has a black bill, and the plumage is mostly white in the male, with blue wings, tail, a turquoise crown, and a thick black stripe through the eye.
Lazuli KingfisherTodiramphus lazuliA stunning blue-and-white kingfisher with entirely blue upperparts in both sexes.
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