What is Sacred kingfisher?
{{Taxobox | name = Sacred kingfisher | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>BirdLife International (2009). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/142173/0 ''Todiramphus sanctus''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605030419/http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/142173/0 |date=2011-06-05 }}. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 March 2010.</ref> | image = Sacred kingfisher nov08.jpg | image_caption = Sacred Kingfisher (male)<br />(''Todiramphus sanctus'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Coraciiformes]] | familia = [[Halcyonidae]] | binomial = ''Todiramphus sanctus''}} The '''sacred kingfisher''' (''Todiramphus sanctus'') is a medium sized [[woodland]] [[kingfisher]]. They live in [[mangrove]]s, woodlands, [[forests]], and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand, and other parts of the western Pacific. In New Zealand the species is also known by its [[Māori language|Māori]] name '''Kōtare'''.<ref>{{cite book |first=Barrie |last=Heather |first2=Hugh |last2=Robertson |title=The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand |edition=Revised |location=Auckland |publisher=Viking |year=2005 |isbn=0-14-302040-4 }}</ref> The sacred kingfisher is mostly [[turquoise]], with white underparts and collar feathers. Both sexes are similar. The females are usually more dull colored. Juveniles have rusty-brown edges on the collar and underparts. The bird is {{convert|19|-|23|cm|in|abbr=on}} long. They feed on [[Insect|insects]], small crustaceans, fish, small rodents and reptiles. Usually, a bird will sit on a low branch and wait for prey to pass by. It swoops down to grab the prey and returns to its perch to eat, much like a hawk. Once a pair of birds has mated, both members of the pair dig the nest. The nest is usually on a burrow in a river bank or a large, empty branch. The female lays about five eggs. Both birds [[incubate]] the eggs an