Dacelo gaudichaud Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Male has white stripe behind eye, glossy black cap and back, rump and UpT-C shiny azure-blue, tail dark blue, UnP below throat rich cinnamon-rufous, bill whitish or yellowish-horn, often with dark line on culmen, iris dark brown, legs and feet greyish. Female like male, but tail rich chestnut. Juvenile dusky edges to feather on hindneck and UnP, dusky bill.