Alción de la Sonda vs Alción venerado de Tahití

Todiramphus australasia compared with Todiramphus veneratus

Key Differences

• Alción de la Sonda is Near Threatened while Alción venerado de Tahití is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alción de la Sonda	Alción venerado de Tahití
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (Birds)	Aves (Birds)
Order same	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family same	Alcedinidae	Alcedinidae
Genus same	Todiramphus	Todiramphus
Species	Todiramphus australasia	Todiramphus veneratus

Evolutionary Relationship

Alción de la Sonda and Alción venerado de Tahití share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Todiramphus.

Conservation Status

Alción de la Sonda

NT — Near Threatened

Alción venerado de Tahití

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alción de la Sonda	Alción venerado de Tahití
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alción de la Sonda

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Alción venerado de Tahití

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

Alción de la Sonda

The cinnamon-banded kingfisher (Todiramphus australasia) is a medium-sized kingfisher in the family Alcedinidae, endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, particularly Timor, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, and adjacent smaller islands. It inhabits primary and mature secondary forest, forest edges, and lightly wooded areas, perching conspicuously on branches from which it hunts lizards, large insects, and occasionally small vertebrates. The plumage features a distinctive cinnamon-rufous breast band across an otherwise blue-green and white body, giving the species its common name. The cinnamon-banded kingfisher is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN, reflecting ongoing habitat loss from deforestation across the Lesser Sunda Islands, where forest cover has declined substantially due to agricultural conversion, charcoal production, and logging. Its restricted island range limits the total available habitat and makes local extinctions from habitat loss particularly significant at the population level. The Lesser Sunda Islands represent a transition zone between Asian and Australasian biotas and host considerable endemic biodiversity. The species is entirely absent from Europe; any Norwegian database record is an artifact. Conservation priorities include protection of remaining primary forest on Timor and other key islands in its range.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway