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The azure kingfisher measures 17–19 cm (6.7–7.5 in) in length, [2] and the male weighs 29–32 g (1.0–1.1 oz) while the female is slightly heavier at 31–35 g (1.1–1.2 oz). [3] It is a very colourful bird, with deep blue to azure back, a large white to buff spot on the side of the neck and throat, rufous-buff with some blue-violet ...
Macquarie Pass National Park was established in 1970 and protects a range of eucalypt forests and rainforest, including one of Australia's most southerly stands of subtropical rainforest. [3] The pass was opened in 1898 and has been a major route into and out of the Illawarra coastal plain ever since.
Other bird species observed to frequent mangrove forests are the rose-crowned fruit-dove, little bronze-cuckoo, Papuan frogmouth, azure kingfisher, little kingfisher, forest kingfisher, Torresian kingfisher, sacred kingfisher and fawn-breasted bowerbird. [14]
It is a rich bio-region with at least 14 endangered or threatened species ranging from the azure kingfisher to the spotted tail quoll and the glossy black cockatoo. Condamine River Road runs through the Gorge and is a dirt road with a speed limit of 30 km/h (19 mph).
Azure kingfisher: Ceyx azureus: Little kingfisher: Ceyx pusillus (A) Laughing kookaburra: Dacelo novaeguineae (I) Blue-winged kookaburra: Dacelo leachii: Black-capped kingfisher: Halcyon pileata (A) Red-backed kingfisher: Todiramphus pyrrhopygia: Forest kingfisher: Todiramphus macleayii (A) Torresian kingfisher: Todiramphus sordidus: Sacred ...
The Barmah National Park, formerly Barmah State Park, is a national park located in the Hume region of the Australian state of Victoria. [2] The park is located adjacent to the Murray River near the town of Barmah, approximately 225 kilometres (140 mi) north of Melbourne. [3]
Azure kingfisher, Ceyx azureus - Aus; Little kingfisher, Ceyx pusillus - Aus; Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera sylvia - Aus; Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae - Aus; Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii - Aus; Yellow-billed kingfisher, Syma torotoro - Aus; Forest kingfisher, Todiramphus macleayii - Aus
Eungella National Park (/ ˈ j ʌ ŋ ɡ ɛ l ə / YUNG-gel-ə; meaning "Land of the clouds") is a protected area in Queensland, Australia. [1] It is on the Clarke Range at the end of the Pioneer Valley 80 km west of Mackay, and 858 km northwest of Brisbane.