Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus

The sacred kingfisher is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 341,292 times across 26 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 21°C (typically 16 to 24°C, from 14 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Oceania ranged from 37°S in August to 24°S in December, about 1,400 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.