This small kingfisher has bright blue plumage and rufous underparts. It uses rivers, lakes, wetlands, and mangroves and feeds on aquatic animals such as fish.
The Malagasy population is notable for bright blue plumage and rufous underparts. The source describes Corythornis kingfishers as small-bodied, large-headed, and long-billed.
It uses streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, and mangroves. Oiseaux.net's diet data classifies it as an aquatic predator and lists vertebrates including fish.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.