MALE SACRED KINGFISHER, HACKING RIVER, ROYAL NATIONAL PARK, AUDLEY, NSW, AUSTRALIA

   We can ID this kingfisher as a male Sacred Kingfisher by its buffy  and underparts, turquoise and greenish-grey upperparts, small buff spot in front of eye and wide dark stripe through eye that extends to nape.

   The Sacred Kingfisher is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 626.