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It has the typical kingfisher shape, with a short tail and long bill. The adult male has a brown crown and back and rufous rump and tail. It has a blue eye mask, separated from the crown by a white line, and a pale lilac ruff of long stiffened ear covert feathers. The underparts are white and the wings are blue, separated by a white line from the brown back. The red bill is large and flattened. In flight, the underwings are white with a black "wrist" patch. The call is a rapid ku-ku-ku-ku.
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When to see the Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is August, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher
The Sulawesi lilac kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the genus Cittura, found in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and Lembeh.
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