Avibase: Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher)

Sacred Kingfisher

Todiramphus sanctus (Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827)

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

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Classification

Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Alcedinidae
Genus:
   Todiramphus
Scientific:
  Todiramphus sanctus

Original description

Citation:
(Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827)

Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15, pt.1 p.206

Imprint year:
1826

Protonym:
Halcyon sanctus

Type locality:
New Holland = New South Wales.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13694#page/212/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
874DB2116D50A804

Avibase ID:
avibase-874DB211

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/874DB211

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 692705

Geographic range:

Todiramphus sanctus: Australia including Lord Howe and Norfolk islands, New Caledonia including Loyalty Islands, New Zealand, and eastern Solomon Islands; winters to Indonesian Archipelago, New Guinea region, Bismarck Archipelago, and Solomon Islands
Todiramphus sanctus sanctus: breeds Australia (except western deserts and Tasmania) to Solomon Islands; winters to New Guinea and south-central Indonesia
Todiramphus sanctus vagans: New Zealand, and Norfolk, Lord Howe, and Kermadec islands
Todiramphus sanctus canacorum: New Caledonia including Île des Pins
Todiramphus sanctus macmillani: Loyalty Islands
Todiramphus sacer vitiensis: Fiji (Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Viti Levu, Ovalau, Koro, and Gau)
Todiramphus sacer eximius: Fiji (Kadavu, Ono, and Vanua Kula)
Todiramphus sacer regina: Futuna (Wallis and Futuna, central Polynesia)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Sacred Kingfisher
Bengali:
঩চফত্র ভাছযাঙা
Catalan:
Alció sagrat
Czech:
ledňáček posvátný
Danish:
Hellig Isfugl
German:
Götzenliest
Esperanto:
sankta alciono
Spanish:
Alción Sagrado
Estonian:
lõuna-safiirlind
Finnish:
pyhimyskalastaja
French:
Martin-chasseur sacré
Hungarian:
szent halción
Indonesian:
Cekakak Australia
Italian:
Martin pescatore sacro
Japanese (romaji):
hijirishoubin
Japanese:
ヒジリショウビン
Lithuanian:
Šventasis todiramfas
Dutch:
Heilige IJsvogel
Norwegian:
Maskaraisfugl
Polish:
łowczyk czczony
Russian:
Священная альциона
Slovak:
rybárikovec posvätný
Swedish:
Inlandskungsfiskare
Ukrainian:
Альціон священний
Chinese:
白眉翡翠
Chinese (Traditional):
白眉翡翠

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Sacred Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sanctus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Todiramphus [sanctus or recurvirostris] (sensu lato) by some authors

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