Colonist Kingfisher

Colonist KingfisherThis kingfisher breeds on islands southeast of New Guinea, including the Louisiade and D'Entrecasteaux groups.What does it look like?Compared with a close kingfisher relative, it has brighter blue-green upperparts and is reported to have up to about 60% less body mass.How does it live?This kingfisher breeds on islands southeast of New Guinea, including the Louisiade and D'Entrecasteaux groups.On small islands in the D'Entrecasteaux and Louisiade Archipelagos, it is associated with forest edges. The study describes these populations as T. chloris colonus.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.