Presence and absence of Collared Kingfishers

[Jill Dening <>]

Hi All,

A chance conversation the other day brings me to a question I can't 
answer: why is it that Collared Kingfishers are abundant in the 
Pumicestone Passage (the water between Bribie Island, SEQld, and the 
mainland) and yet I have never seen nor heard a Collared Kingfisher in 
the Noosa estuary. I do bird surveys in the Noosa estuary every month. I 
have no knowledge of the mangrovey areas up the Noosa river around the 
lakes, only the estuary, where there are plenty of mangroves. In winter 
I see plenty of Sacred Kingfishers on the intertidal sand/mudflats in 
both the passage and Noosa, but why the absence of Collareds in Noosa? 
What is it that they need?
One thought I have had is that where we see them in the Passage, the 
intertidal zone is fairly muddy. In Noosa it is very sandy. I don't see 
Collareds on the intertidal sandflats in Caloundra either, but I have 
seen Sacreds there.
Cheers,

Jill

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Jill Dening
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

26° 51' 41"S  152° 56' 00"E

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