Marquesan Kingfisher

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When to see the Marquesan Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Marquesan Kingfisher

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Marquesan Kingfisher

The Marquesan kingfisher or Marquesas kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. It is threatened by habitat loss and predation by introduced species, and is currently classified as Critically endangered, with fewer than 500 individuals left in the wild.

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Easily confused with

Mewing KingfisherTodiramphus ruficollarisThe mewing kingfisher is 22 cm (8.7 in) in length, with blue-green forehead and crown; light turquoise ear-coverts; orange-buff superciliary buff, nape, and upper mantle; deep turquoise back, rump, and uppertail-coverts; deep blue tail (underside blackish); entirely white underparts (except for orange-buff across upper chest); mostly black bill and iris; mostly black legs with light yellow soles. Tuamotu KingfisherTodiramphus gambieriThe Mangareva kingfisher has a cream-coloured head and neck, with blue ear-coverts, a white chin and frequently a rufous band across the breast. Islet KingfisherTodiramphus colonusThe islet kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.