Red-backed Kingfisher

Red-backed KingfisherThe Red-backed Kingfisher is an Australian bird with blue-green and white plumage and a flame-colored rump. It hunts on the ground in dry woodland, taking insects and small reptiles.What does it look like?Its plumage is mainly blue-green and white, with a flame-colored rump. The Parks Australia guide gives a length of about 21 cm.How does it live?The Red-backed Kingfisher is an Australian bird with blue-green and white plumage and a flame-colored rump. It hunts on the ground in dry woodland, taking insects and small reptiles.It feeds on the ground in dry woodland and mulga country, hunting insects and small reptiles. It beats captured prey against a perch or the ground.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.