Sacred kingfisher print

Despite their name, the sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) rarely eats fish. They mostly prey on insects and larvae, but also eat other vertebrate and invertebrate animals including reptiles. The medium-sized woodland kingfisher is found throughout most of Australia in open eucalypt forests, melaleuca swamps, mangroves, mudflats, and river or lake margins, farmland, parks and gardens. They are mostly blue-green to turquoise with white underparts and collar feathers as well as a black ‘mask’.