Alias:Todirhamphus albonotatus,Halcyon albonotata,White-backed Kingfisher,New Britain kingfisher
Outline:Woodbird
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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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