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title: "Sacred Kingfisher"
description: "Todiramphus sanctus — Uccelli. The sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sacred-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Sacred Kingfisher

> Todiramphus sanctus — Uccelli. The sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific.

- Scientific name: *Todiramphus sanctus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 21465
- Wikidata: [Q31998](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31998)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2464](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2464)

## Names

- en: Sacred Kingfisher
- de: Götzenliest
- es: Alción Sagrado
- fr: Martin-chasseur sacré
- nl: Heilige ijsvogel
- pl: Łowczyk czczony

## Countries with the most observations

AU (12931), NZ (6182), ID (471), NC (241), NF (82), PG (78), SB (31), TL (19), TH (3)

## Summary

The sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that inhabits mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_kingfisher

## Photo

![Sacred Kingfisher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sacred-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243584211

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sacred-kingfisher?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).