Alias:Todirhamphus pyrrhopygia,Red-backed Kingfisher
Outline:Woodbird
Family:
length:About 22 cm
Weight:41-48g
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
The Red-backed emerald, Todirhamphus pyrrhopygia, or red-backed Kingfisher, is a member of the Kingfisher family.
The red-backed emerald both settles and migrates in northern Australia from August to April, mainly in the winter on the Cape York Peninsula. September to March in the extreme south. The North-South Movement.
The red-backed emerald, like most game kingfishers, is entirely carnivorous. Often searching for prey in leaves or dirt. The main food is invertebrates such as spiders, centipedes, frogs, tadpoles. It also eats small vertebrates such as small fish, small snakes, lizards, mice, eggs, and baby birds.
The red-backed emerald nests on earth cliffs or river embankments, using their mouths to dig tunneled burrows for nests. These caves are generally bare of bedding. The eggs are laid directly on the nest ground. Lay 4 to 6 eggs. Spawning seasons vary depending on the area. In Queensland from September to February, in Western Australia from August to November, in South Australia from November and September, and in New South Wales from September to March.
Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2008 Red List of Birds.
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