Subspecies Todiramphus (Todiramphus) chloris colcloughi (Mathews, 1916)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sauropatis sordida colcloughi Mathews, G.M. 1916. "Sauropatis sordida colcloughi, subsp. nov.". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 36: 61 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype AMNH 639925 ♂ adult (G.M. Mathews coll., no. unspecified), Mud Is., Brisbane River, QLD (as Mud Island, near Brisbane)
  Comment: for identification of holotype and type locality, see Greenway, J.C. 1978. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Pt 2. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 161: 1–306.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Central coast of E Australia, north to region of Halifax Bay, QLD, south to mouths of Richmond and Clarence Rivers, NSW—also Fraser and Stradbroke Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, estuary, littoral, mangrove, piscivore, sedentary, territorial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Randomly dispersed, seasonal breeder, in littoral edges of lower estuarine and seaward mangroves, solitary or in dispersed pairs, feeds in pouncing sallies from vantage perches, nests in hollows and arboreal termitaria, both sexes share nidificational duties.

 

General References

Bell, H.L. 1960. Nesting notes of the Mangrove Kingfisher. The Emu 60: 64-65 (density, nidification)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)