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title: "Forest Kingfisher"
description: "Todiramphus macleayii — Aves. The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/forest-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Forest Kingfisher

> Todiramphus macleayii — Aves. The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers.

- Scientific name: *Todiramphus macleayii*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 4193
- Wikidata: [Q1263887](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263887)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2481](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2481)

## Names

- en: Forest Kingfisher
- de: Spiegelliest
- es: Alción de Macleay
- fr: Martin-chasseur forestier
- nl: Macleays ijsvogel

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3996), PG (16), ID (5)

## Summary

The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly a blue and white bird. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea and coastal eastern and Northern Australia. Like many other kingfishers, it hunts invertebrates, small frogs, and lizards.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/398345227

## Machine access

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