Yellow-billed Kingfisher
- Scientific name
- Syma torotoro
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Square
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The yellow-billed kingfisher is a distinctive inhabitant of the lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands, easily recognized by its bright, robust yellow bill and square-ended tail. While often elusive in the dense rainforest canopy, it is prized by birders for its unique appearance and the soft, trilling calls that differentiate it from other kingfisher species in the region.
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