Todirhamphus saurophaga

The white-headed emerald, 28 cm long, is a large kingfisher often encountered in coastal areas. Both sexes have a white head and body and blue wings. Black eye stripes, black eyes, large gray-black mouth, tail lighter blue than wings. White collar with blue hat.
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.

It is found in the Pacific islands (including Taiwan, Dongsha Islands, Paracel Islands, Zhongsha Islands, Spratly Islands and the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia's Sumatra, Java Island and Papua New Guinea). Wallace Zone (refers to the area east of the traditional Wallace Line (from the eastern side of Mindanao through the Makassar Strait between Bali and Lombok) and west of Papua New Guinea, including the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara Islands, the Southwest Islands, the Moluccas (Maluku Islands), East Timor and other islands.)
The white-headed emerald usually lives in dense forests and near water on river banks.

Todirhamphus saurophaga, White-headed Kingfisher, Todirhamphus saurophaga saurophagus is found in the Moluccas, New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, and Bougainville Island in the Solomon Islands. 2.Todirhamphus saurophaga anachoreta is found on the Bismarck Islands. 3.Todirhamphus saurophaga admiralitatis is found on the Bismarck Islands.) .

White-headed jade 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.

The white-headed emerald drills holes in the tree trunk for its nest. Oval, pure white, about 29.4×26.2 mm in size.

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