Todiramphus sanctus

3 Sacred Kingfisher at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Todiramphus sanctus	5 Oct 2018	natureguy
	Todiramphus sanctus	4 Oct 2018	JonSteinbeck

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User's notes

I noticed a bird fly towards the trunk of a willow but hover from it then fly to a branch of a dead tree. I took a photograph before I realised it was a kingfisher. The bird was mainly looking out over the lake to southeast. It would occasionally turn to look towards where the cormorants were but it did not seem overly concerned. It would regularly twist its head as you can see in the photographs. The bird was not worried when a kayaker paddled nearby. The bird finally flew off to the southeast, although I could not see where to or whether it was going after food.

2 comments

natureguy wrote:

5 Oct 2018

First Canberra Nature Map record this season.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 Oct 2018

Great photo thanks

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Location information

Coordinates 149.088068 -35.287525
Altitude 550.0m
Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Oct 2018 09:19 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Intermediate size Other Birds Birds

Species information

Todiramphus sanctus Scientific name
Sacred Kingfisher Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1096.69m Recorded at altitude
546 images trained Machine learning

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