The Torresian kingfisher (''Todiramphus sordidus'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is found in southern

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and in Australia. Its natural

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s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, mangroves, and

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s. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the

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Taxonomy

Three subspecies are recognised:Gill, F. and D. Donsker, eds. (2020). ''IOC World Bird List (v 10.1).'' Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ioc-lists/master-list-2/ * ''T. s. sordidus'' (Gould, 1842) –

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, southern coasts of New Guinea, and northern and north-eastern coasts of Australia * ''T. s. pilbara'' (Johnstone, 1983) – coastal north-western Australia from the

De Grey River The De Grey River is a river located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It was named on 16 August 1861 by the explorer and surveyor Francis Gregory after Thomas de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, who was at the time the president of the Royal ...

Exmouth Gulf Exmouth Gulf is a gulf in the north-west of Western Australia. It lies between North West Cape and the main coastline of Western Australia. It is considered to be part of the Pilbara Coast and Northwest Shelf, and the Carnarvon Basin geologi ...

Woodall, P. F. (2020). "Torresian Kingfisher (Todiramphus sordidus), version 1.0." In ''Birds of the World'' (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.colkin9.01 * ''T. s. colcloughi'' (Mathews, 1916) – coastal east central to southeastern

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References

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