Species profile—Todiramphus sordidus (Torresian kingfisher)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Alcedinidae (kingfishers) → Todiramphus sordidus (Torresian kingfisher)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
- Scientific name
- Todiramphus sordidus (Gould, 1842)
- Common name
- Torresian kingfisher
- Type reference
- Gould, J. (1842). Characters of two new species of Australian Halcyonidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1842, 72.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1759
- Synonym(s)
- Todiramphus chloris
Todiramphus sordidus sordidus
Todiramphus sordidus colcloughi
Todiramphus chloris sordidus
Todiramphus chloris colcloughi
Sauropatis sordida colcloughi
Sauropatis chloris hyperpontia
Halcyon sordidus cooktowni
Halcyon sordidus
Halcyon chloris sordida - Alternate name(s)
- mangrove kingfisher
mangrove collared kingfisher
black-masked kingfisher
white-collared kingfisher
sordid kingfisher
collared kingfisher - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1759.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
