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Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygia)

Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia photo

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Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygia photo

Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygia) Bowra Station, SW Queensland, Australia

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BIRD FACTS

distribution map showing range of Todiramphus pyrrhopygia in Australia

Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Classification

Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Genus:	Todiramphus
Species:	pyrrhopygia
Common Name:	Red-backed Kingfisher

Relatives in same Genus
  Collared Kingfisher (T. chloris)
  Forest Kingfisher (T. macleayii)
  Sacred Kingfisher (T. sanctus)