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Sacred Kingfisher preening after a dip in a pond
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Sacred Kingfisher preening after a dip in a pond

Todiramphus sanctus

Australian BirdsHalcyonidaeSacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctusTree Kingfishers

  • Spotted Bowerbird - Note the purple patch on its nape
  • Spotted Bowerbird - I threw it a cherry tomato which it picked up immediately. Not sure if it wants the tomato to eat or to decorate its bower.
  • Grey Fantail
  • Willie Wagtail
  • Channel-billed Cuckoo - male
  • White-browed Scrubwren
  • Pied Currawong - Currawong-v-Bug Dog Fight See the bug at about 2 o'clock from the Currawong's eye. While the bird's head is pointed away from the bug, the bird's right eye is fixed firmly on it. The Currawong wins, by the way.
  • Pied Currawong
  • Pied Currawong
  • Grey Currawong
  • Apostlebird - so named because they often congregate in groups of about a dozen
  • Australian Shelduck
  • Zebra Finche - male An almost perfectly beautify male Zeb looking to have a drink at a bore drain. One of my most favourite birds
  • Australian White Ibis - Ibis spreading its wings to dry after a dip in a pool at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Note the bright red colour of the skin under its wing.
  • Straw-necked Ibis in flight
  • Sacred Kingfisher preening after a dip in a pond
  • Sacred Kingfisher
  • Sacred Kingfisher
  • Rainbow Lorekeets - Outside of their nest in the hollow of a Sydney Peppermint (Eucalyptus piperita)
  • Rainbow Lorekeet - Feeding off the nectar of a Red Bloodwood (Corymbia gummifera) tree in flower
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