What is Azure kingfisher?
{{speciesbox | name = Azure kingfisher | image = Alcedo azurea - Julatten.jpg | image_caption = ''A. a. ruficollaris'' | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683045A92975058.en|title=''Ceyx azureus'' |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year=2016 |access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref> | genus = Ceyx | species = azureus | authority = [[John Latham (ornithologist)|Latham]], 1801 | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''C. a. azureus'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=Latham|date=1801}}<br/><small>Eastern and southeastern Australian population</small> *''C. a. ruficollaris'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=(Bankier|date=1841)}}<br/><small>Northern Australian population</small> *''C. a. diemenensis'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=([[John Gould|Gould]]|date = 1846)}}<br/><small>Tasmanian population</small> *''C. a. lessonii'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=([[John Cassin|Cassin]]|date = 1850)}}<br/><small>Southern New Guinea population</small> *''C. a. affinis'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=([[George Robert Gray|G.R. Gray]]|date=1860)}}<br/><small>North Maluku population</small> *''C. a. yamdenae'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=([[Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild|Rothschild]]|date=1901)}}<br/><small>South Banda Sea population</small> *''C. a. ochrogaster'' {{Taxobox_authority|author=([[Anton Reichenow|Reichenow]]|date=1903)}}<br/><small>Northern New Guinea population</small> | synonyms = ''Alcedo azurea'' }} The '''azure kingfisher''' (''Alcedo azurea'') is a small [[kingfisher]] ({{Convert|17|-|19|cm|disp=comma|abbr=off}}), in the river kingfisher family, Alcedinidae. It lives in parts of [[Australia]] and [[Tasmania]], as well as [[New Guinea]] and some nearby islands. Even out to North Maluku and Romang. It is named for the azure color on its back. Its feet are red with only two front toes. White spots between the eyes and beak may help it scare predators. The azure kingfisher lives at the side of bodies of water such