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A migrant bird, that after their breeding season migrate from the southern parts of Australia to northern Australia, the Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) is seen in the arid region of Alice Springs in Central Australia. Sometimes spied over waterholes, they can often be seen above the urban parts of Alice Springs, sitting on the high rise wires and in the botanic garden and park reserves.

Sacred Kingfishers at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfishers, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Silhouette of Sacred Kingfisher © Dorothy L
Silhouette of Sacred Kingfisher at Vatu Sanctuary, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L
Sacred Kingfisher at sunrise with locust, Alice Springs © Dorothy L

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  • Scientific classification
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Aves
  • Order: Coraciiformes
  • Family: Alcedinidae
  • Subfamily: Halcyoninae
  • Genus: Todiramphus
  • Species: Todiramphus sanctus
  • Synonyms: Halcyon sancta

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(Camaenid Land Snail) Alice Springs Insects Antlion (Heoclisis fundata) Alice Springs Ants (Formicidae) Camponotus novaehollandiae group Alice Springs Bees Amegilla Bee Braunsapis sp Bright-white Masked Bee Bush Bee Ceylalictus perditellus European Honey Bee Exoneurella eremophila Golden-browed Resin Bee Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) eremaean Lasioglossum (Homalictus) Lasioglossum (Homalictus) on Eucalyptus orbifolia Lasioglossum (Homalictus) dotatum Lasioglossum (Homalictus) urbanum Lasioglossum (Parasphecodes) Lipotriches Megachile deanii Red-headed Masked Bee Stenotritidae genus Stenotritus Xanthesma (Xenohesma) Alice Springs Beetles Index Bisallardiana sp Blaps polychresta Bolboceratidae Calosoma oceanicum Calosoma schayeri Carphurus (Soft-winged Flower Beetle) Cassidini Chalcophorotaenia Chlorobapta frontalis Coccinella transversalis (Transverse Ladybird) Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Mealybug Destroyer Beetle) Dicranolaius bellulus (Red and Blue Beetle) Enochrus (Water Scavenger Beetle) Eretes australis (Padded Diving Beetle) Hydrophilus brevispina Lepidiota Merimna atrata Neospades sp Pachydissus (Longhorn Beetles) Paropsisterna laesa (Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle) Phoracantha punctata (Longhorn Beetle) Phorticosomus sp Phoracantha recurva (Eucalyptus Longhorn Beetle) Prioninae subfamily Protaetia fusca (Mottled Flower Scarab) Pterohelaeus sp (Blue Pie-dish Beetles) Alice Springs Blattodea Alice Springs Blattodea Index Alice Springs Calolampra sp Alice Springs Desmozosteria cincta Alice Springs Ellipsidion australe Alice Springs Ellipsidion humarale Alice Springs Pycnoscelus sp Alice Springs Butterflies & Moths (Lepidopterans) Alice Springs Butterflies Blue Moon Butterfly Caper White Butterfly, Egg and Instar Chequered Swallowtail (Papilio demoleus) Glasswing (Acraea andromacha) Lesser Wanderer (Danaus petilia) Meadow Argus (Junonia villida calybe) Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) Two-spotted Line-blue Butterfly (Nacaduba biocellata) Alice Springs Moths Aedia leucomelas (Sweet Potato Leaf Worm) Agrotis munda (Brown Cutworm Moth) Australian Striped Hawk Moth (Hyles livornicoides) Bag-shelter Moth & Processionary Caterpillar Carpenter Moth (Endoxyla cinereus) Chasmina pulchra (White Beauty) Cleora (Geometer Moth) Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) Cossid Moth (Endoxyla leucomochla) Dasypodia selenophora (Southern Old Lady Moth) Destolinia lineata (Caterpillar of the Streaked Notodontid) Diatenes gerula (Erebid Moth) Endoxyla Moth (family Cossidae) Dichromodes sp (Geometer Moth) Gelechioid Moth Godart’s Hawkmoth (Agrius godarti) Helicoverpa punctigera (Australian Fruitworm) Laced Day-Moth (Ipanica cornigera) Leptocneria binotata Mocis alterna (Bean Looper Moth) Owlet Moth (Eudesmeola lawsoni) Owlet Moth (Ophiusa parcemacula) Plume Moth (Pterophoridae) Sameodes cancellalis (Banded Pearl) Yeperenye / Yipirinya Alice Springs Cicadas Alice Springs Diptera Alice Springs Green Blowfly Australiphthiria sp (Bee Fly) Golden Native Drone Fly (Eristalinus punctulatus) Mydas Fly, Miltinus sp Robber Fly, Bathypogon sp Soldier Flies (Odontomyia) Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Opaluma (Australian Soldier Fly) Stiletto Fly (Agapophytus yeatesi) Yellow-shouldered Hover Fly, Ischiodon scutellaris Alice Springs Dragonflies Blue Skimmer (Orthetrum caledonicum) Scarlet Percher (Diplacodes haematodes) Alice Springs Mantodea – Mantises Alice Springs Gyromantis Alice Springs Orthoptera – Orthopteroids Acrida conica Common Bandwing Grasshopper (Pycnostictus seriatus) Coryphistes sp (Bark Mimic Grasshopper) Garden Mantis Giant Grasshopper Valanga irregularis nymph Valanga irregularis as prey Spur-throated Locust Variable Stropis (Stropis nigrovitellina) Woodger’s Gumleaf Katydid (Terpandrus) Alice Springs True Bugs (Heteroptera) Aphylidae (Pentatomoid Bug) Eucalyptus Tip-wilting Bug Ground Shield Bug (Choerocoris paganus) Ippatha australiensis Poecilometis patruelis (Shield Bug) Soapberry Bugs, Leptocoris sp Spilostethus sp Alice Springs Water Scorpion Alice Springs Wasps Abispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bembix Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Cryptocheilus bicolor with Prey (Neosparassus sp) Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Thynnid Flower Wasps Thynnid Wasp – Female Velvet Ant Family (Tribe Dasymutillini) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis) Alice Springs Marsupials Black-footed Rock Wallaby Euro Alice Springs Reptiles Bearded Dragon Bynoe’s Gecko Common Desert Ctenotus Ctenotus saxatilis Eastern Tree Dtella Long-nosed Dragon Perentie Alice Springs Spiders Australian Golden Orb Weaver Australian Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) Backobourkines Banded Garden Spider Beautiful Badge Huntsman (Neosparassus calligaster) Cytaea sp Desert Huntsman Spider Elegant Water Spider (Dolomedes facetus) Gnaphosid (Ground Spider) Anzacia Hackled Orb-weavers Hortophora sp Long-jawed Orb Weavers Long-tailed St. Andrew’s Cross Spider Lynx Spider (Oxyopidae) Miturgidae (Elassoctenus spp) Neosparassus sp Orange-legged Swift Spider (Nyssus coloripes) Red-headed Mouse Spider Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasselti) Sondra aurea Uloboridae – Cribellate Orb Weavers Wall Spider (Oecobius sp) Zodariidae Storena sp (Ant Spider)

Alice Springs FloraAlice Springs Flora Index Acacia ligulata Annual Yellowtop Bougainvillea Apple Bush Burdekin Plum Carob Tree (Ceratonia siliqa) Cattle Bush Desert Cotton (Aerva javanica) Desert Oak Eremophila Wildberry Feijoa sellowiana Flannel Cudweed Fork-leaf Corkwood Ghost Gum Golden Everlasting Kurrajong Lemon-flowered Gum MacDonnell’s Desert Fuchsia Native Bluebell Native Tomato Needlewood Olive Tree Perennial Yellow Top Rat’s Tail River Red Gum Inland River Red Gum Rosy Dock Round-leaved Mallee Scurvy Grass Silky Eremophila Stemodia viscosa Striped Mintbush Sturt’s Desert Pea Sturt’s Desert Rose Tangled Leschenaultia Tar Vine Weeping Bottlebrush White Cedar Yellow Billybutton Yellow-keeled Swainsona Yellow Oleander