Birds · An occasional visitor rather than a resident.
Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
First heard here 26 Sept · last heard 5 Nov · 5 days in the last year · 5 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording song, recorded in Australia
Étienne Leroy, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
What to look for
The sacred kingfisher is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific.
Read more on Wikipedia (Sacred kingfisher)
When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Thursday 5 November, 1 detections between 3:03am and 3:03am.
Time of day
Busiest around 3am. From 5 days with hourly counts.
| Day | Heard | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Nov | 1 | 3:03am | 3:03am | 89% |
| 26 Oct | 1 | 12:44am | 12:44am | 97% |
| 4 Oct | 1 | 1:25am | 1:25am | 89% |
| 29 Sept | 1 | 3:39am | 3:39am | 95% |
| 26 Sept | 1 | 3:22am | 3:22am | 93% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.