The Rufous-lored Kingfisher is a kingfisher of Philippine forests. It combines a blue back and white belly with a reddish-brown head.
The upperparts are blue and the belly is white. Reddish-orange feathers color the crown and the area in front of the eye.
It inhabits moist lowland forest. Several subspecies are recorded across its island range.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.