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ForestCavity nestSmall · 42 g
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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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When to see the Chattering Kingfisher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Chattering Kingfisher
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
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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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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