Todirhamphus recurvirostris, Flat-billed Kingfisher, has 5 subspecies (1.Todirhamphus recurvirostris sanctus is found in Australia, Solomons East (Guadalcanal, SAN Cristobal), Indonesia and Melanesia. 2.Todirhamphus recurvirostris vagans is found in the Norfolk Islands, the Kemad Islands and New Zealand. 3.Todirhamphus recurvirostris canacorum is found in New Caledonia and Ascension. 4.Todirhamphus recurvirostris macmillani is found on Loyalty Island. 5.Todirhamphus recurvirostris recurvirostris is found in Western Samoa.) .
Flat mouth 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.
Flat mouth 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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