AZURE KINGFISHER

Photo: C & D Frith
Australian Tropical Rainforest Life

AZURE KINGFISHER
Alcedo azurea 18 cm

·         In Australia the Azure Kingfisher occurs widely on watercourses and lakes in the
 north and east that have densely vegetated margins.

·         Mostly it is seen skimming over the water in rapid flight, or plunging for small fishes
 from a low perch.

·     Its call is high pitched and difficult to hear.

·     The nest is a hole in a bank close to the water's edge. 

·     Round Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge it is present on watercourses in the
 rainforest, and at Lake Eacham.

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