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Australian Bird Study Association Inc. – Bird in the Hand (Second Edition), published on www.absa.asn.au - April 2019 Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus Species No.: 327 Band size: 07 Species Name Change: Formerly known as Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris with T.c.sordidus as a subspecies. T. chloris is restricted to mangroves and mudflats of Arabian coasts, Indian Ocean, s.e Asia, Wallacea and Melanesia with the only Australian record being on Ashmore Reef. Three subspecies, two illustrated above, plus T.s. colcloughi – s.e. Qld & n.e. NSW (not illustrated and no measurements available). Morphometrics: T.s .sordidus T.s. pilbara Adult Male Adult Female Adult Male Adult Female Wing: 97 – 114 mm 99 – 115 mm 94 – 104 mm 94 – 103 mm Tail: 63 – 80 mm 67 – 75 mm 67 – 73 mm 64 – 71 mm Weight: 63 – 87 g 57 – 100 g 50 – 66 g 54 – 70 g Ageing: Adult (2+) Immature (2-) Juvenile (J) or (1) Bill: Mostly black with pinkish- attains adult-like bill within black with white tips to both white area on basal half of 3 to 4 months of fledging; mandibles; lower mandible; Breast & white; extent of black fringing to white feathers narrowly fringed flanks: white feathers reducing with black giving a scaly with age/wear; appearance; Adult plumage is attained with a complete moult commencing when birds are just over one year old and coinciding with adult post-breeding season moult. Thus adults are aged (2+) and Immatures (2-); Sexing : Adult Male Adult Female Forehead & crown: most of forehead dark brownish-green uniform dark olive-brown; grading to black-green on crown; Mantle & scapulars: mantle black-green grading to dark dark brownish-olive; dark bluish-green on scapulars; Back, rump & green-blue to blue; dark greenish-blue; uppertail coverts; Upperwing coverts; dark bluish-green to dark blue with olive; greenish suffusion Juveniles and immatures resemble the adults of their respective sexes, but are slightly darker. References: HANZAB 4; Drawings: P. Slater in HANZAB 4 - © BirdLife Australia Compiled by J.W. Hardy for the Australian Bird Study Association Inc. and reproduced with permission of BirdLife Australia .

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