The Azure Kingfisher is a small kingfisher with blue to violet upperparts and orange sides to the neck. It dives from a waterside perch to catch prey.
Its upperparts are blue to violet, the sides of its neck are orange, and its throat is pale. It has red legs, and the sexes look similar.
It dives from an overhanging waterside perch to catch fish, crustaceans, and aquatic insects. It nests in a burrow in a riverbank.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.