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Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus |
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Sacred Kingfishers inhabit the forests and woodlands of the ACT, including Canberra Nature Park. They were recorded at 20 percent of survey sites, most reports being of single birds. Sacred Kingfishers feed on small lizards, frogs, fish and invertebrates such as beetles and grasshoppers, and usually breed in hollow tree limbs. They are a summer breeding migrant arriving in Canberra from the tropics in September. Numbers peak rapidly in October as birds move through the urban areas before settling in woodland or continuing t heir migration south. This peak is followed by a slight decline in December and January. Numbers increase again in February as birds begin their northward migration or independent young start dispersing. Recorded population numbers were much lower during the last six years of the survey. Although kingfishers were reported each year of the survey, breeding, from November to early February, was only recorded in 1981-82 and 1985-86. R=58. BR=60.
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