A very small kingfisher of New Britain and Umboi in Papua New Guinea. It is usually seen alone near streams and rivers.
Its upperparts are dark blue and its underparts rufous-orange. The crown and wing-coverts have blue speckles; it has a small white patch behind the ear-coverts, a pale yellow throat, and a bill that is dark above and orange below.
It excavates a nest hole in a bank. Near water it catches flying insects and also takes spiders and crickets.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.