Todirhamphus albonotatus

Todirhamphus albonotatus, Halcyon albonotata, White-backed Kingfisher, New Britain kingfisher, is a genus of kingfisher birds。

White-backed jadeite is generally alone or couples to hunt together. Like most forest kingfishers, they are completely carnivorous. Often searching for prey in leaves or dirt. The main diet is invertebrates such as crickets, spiders, scorpions, and snails. It also eats small vertebrates such as small fish, small snakes and lizards.

White-backed jade nest on the earth cliff or river dyke, with the mouth digging tunnel type cave for the nest, 60 cm deep, 20 cm wide, 10 cm high long, oval. These caves are generally bare of bedding. The eggs are laid directly on the nest ground. Some also drill holes in tree trunks for nests. Oval, pure white, about 29.4×26.2 mm in size.

Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2008 Red List of Birds.

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It usually inhabits dense forests and riverbanks near water.

The body feathers of the white back jade are mainly dark blue and white feathers. Head, wings bright dark blue, neck, eyes first, back, chest and abdomen all white. There's a wide black perforation of the eye. Black claws, black beak, black eyes.
The mouth is thick and long like a chisel, the base is wider, the mouth peak is straight, the peak ridge is round, there is no nasal groove on both sides; Wing circle, the first primary feather is equal or slightly shorter than the seventh primary feather, and the second, third, and fourth are nearly equal in length; Primary feather base with white spots; The tail is round.