Syma megarhyncha

Syma megarhyncha, Mountain Kingfisher, has three subspecies (1.Syma megarhyncha wellsiwdg is found in western New Guinea. 2.Syma megarhyncha sellamontis is found in the Onn Peninsula of northeastern New Guinea. 3.Syma megarhyncha is found in southeastern New Guinea.) .

They fly low, usually below 500 m above sea level, and, like most game kingfishers, are entirely 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 breeding season is usually between November and January. The nest is built on the earth cliff or on the embankment of the river, and the nest is made by tunnelling holes dug with the mouth. The depth is 9 cm and 12 cm, and the width is 9.5 cm. These caves are generally bare of bedding. The female lays three or four eggs directly on the nest ground. Some also drill holes for nests in the trunks of palm or other trees, up to 3 meters above the ground.

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

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It is found in the Pacific Islands (including Taiwan, Dongsha, Paracel, Zhongsha, Spratly Islands, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia's Sumatra, Java, and Papua New Guinea).
The mountain yellow beak is found in marginal clearings of rain forests, forests, rubber forests and mangroves.

The adult male bird has a brown-red head and neck and black eyes. Cloak dark blue, shoulder blades dark green. Lower back, front tail blue-green. Blue purple end. Chin and throat white, chest red orange. The flanks, ventrals, tail sections and wings are tan and light yellow or cream. The bottom of the tail is black. The mouth and maxillary margins are bright yellow. The irises are dark brown, with yellow legs and dark brown claws. The adult female differs from the male in that the sides, abdomen and tail are slightly lighter colored. Young birds resemble females with red apex plumage. The black eyes have more space around them, and the feathers on the cheeks and chest are dark. The mouth is grayish black.
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, an