This small kingfisher is marked by a white bar on the side of its neck and an orange spot beside the base of its bill.
It has a white bar on the side of the neck and an orange loral spot. The sexes look alike.
It is often alone near streams and rivers. It catches insects in flight and also eats spiders and crickets. It nests at the end of a short tunnel dug into a stream bank.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.