Birds which may be seen here include Dollarbird, Azure Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Golden Whistler, Yellow-throated Scrubwren, Black-faced Monarch and Rufous Fantail.

However, molecular analysis suggests that the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher is most closely related to the Malachite Kingfisher, and that the present arrangement into Alcedo and Ceyx may need to be reviewed as it seems not to reflect the actual relationships ( for example, the Azure Kingfisher is closer to Ceyx erithacus ).

* Alcedo azurea Azure Kingfisher

Commonly seen bird species include ; Eastern Curlews ( Numenius madagascariensis ), Striated Herons ( Butorides striatus ), Brown Honeyeaters ( Lichmera indistincta ), Little Egrets ( Egretta garzetta ), Royal Spoonbills ( Platalea regia ), White-faced Grey Herons ( Egretta novaehollandiae ), Australasian Little Bitterns ( Ixobrychus dubius ), Pied Oyster Catchers ( Haematopus longirostris ), Australasian Pelican ( Pelecanus conspicillatus ), Sacred Ibis ( Threskiornis molucca ), Chestnut Teal ( Anas castanea ) and Azure Kingfishers ( Alcedo azurea ).

In Chinese astronomy, the stars of Centaurus are found in three areas: the Azure Dragon of the East ( 東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng ), the Vermillion Bird of the South ( 南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què ), and the Southern Asterisms ( 近南極星區, Jìnnánjíxīngōu ).

The arms were Quarterly of twelve, 1st, Or, a semé of hearts Gules, a lion rampant Azure ( Lüneburg ); 2nd, Gules, two lions passant guardant Or ( Brunswick ); 3rd, Azure, a lion rampant Argent crowned Or ( Eberstein ); 4th, Gules a lion rampant Or, within a border componé Argent and Azure ( Homburg ); 5th, Or, a lion rampant Gules crowned Azure ( Diepholz ); 6th, Gules, a lion rampant Or ( Lauterberg ); 7th, Per fess, in chief Or, two bears ' paws erect Sable ( Hoya ), in the base a gyronny, Argent and Azure ( Old Bruckhausen ); 8th, Azure, an eagle displayed Argent, langued, beaked and membered Gules ( Diepholz eagle ); 9th, Chequy Argent and Gules ( Hohnstein ); 10th, Argent, a stag's attire in bend Gules ( Regenstein ); 11th, Argent, a stag trippant Sable ( Klettenburg ); 12th, Argent, a stag's attire in bend sinister Sable ( Blankenburg ).< ref >

The Azure Dragon-Qing Long-青龍 is considered to be the primary of the four celestial guardians, the other three being the Zhu Que-朱雀 ( Vermilion Bird ), Bai Hu-白虎 ( White Tiger ), Xuan Wu-玄武 ( Black Tortoise-like creature ).

As a Princess, Juliana bore the following arms: Quarterly, 1 and 3, Azure, billetty Or a lion with a coronet Or armed and langued Gules holding in his dexter paw a sword Argent hilted Or and in the sinister paw seven arrows Argent pointed and bound together Or ( the royal arms of dominion of the Netherlands, and thus her mother Queen Wilhelmina ), 2 and 4, Or, a Horn azure, langued gules, ( the arms of the Principality of Orange ) on an inescutcheon or, a Bull's head sable ( for her father's House of Mecklenburg ).

* Azure ( color ), a hue of blue

* Azure ( heraldry ), a blue color on flags or coats of arms

* " Azure " ( song ), a composition by Duke Ellington

* Azure ( magazine ), a periodical on Jewish thought and identity

* Azure Gallinule ( Porphyrio flavirostris ), bird in the rail family, Rallidae

* Azure Jay ( Cyanocorax caeruleus ) bird in the crow family, Corvidae

* Azure Tit ( Cyanistes cyanus ), bird in the tit family, Paridae

The Azure Tit, Cyanistes cyanus ( formerly Parus cyanus ), is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.

The Azure Jay ( Cyanocorax caeruleus ) ( Brazilian Portuguese: Gralha-azul-blue jay ) is a passeriform bird of the crow family Corvidae.

Azure, in a landscape, the sun in fess, rising in splendor or, behind a range of three mountains, the middle one the highest ; in base a ship and sloop under sail, passing and about to meet on a river, bordered below by a grassy shore fringed with shrubs, all proper.

Platypus may occasionally be seen in the river, and Azure Kingfishers nest in the river banks.

Armorials of Percy family, Dukes of Northumberland: Azure, five fusils conjoined in fesse or

She came of the family of Clough of Plas Clough, Denbighshire, which bore: Azure, between three mascles a greyhound's head couped argent.

The coat of arms of Letizia impales her husband's shield to the dexter ( viewer's left ) with her family arms − 1st and 4th quarters, the arms of her father Jesus Ortiz Azure an eight points star Or a bordure chequy Gules and Argent ; 2nd and 3rd quarters, the arms of her maternal grandfather Francisco Rocasolano Or a rose Gules barbed and seeded Vert ; all surmounted by Prince of Asturias's crown as heir-apparent ( Crown's arches differenced as consort ) and surrounded by the ribbon of the Order of Charles III.

* Appalachian Azure ( Celastrina neglectamajor ), butterfly in the gossamer wings family, Lycaenidae

* Azure Hawker ( Aeshna caerulea ), dragonfly in the family Aeshnidae

It is of interest to note that the shield of the Family Coat of Arms of the Corcorans is described in heraldic language as: " On a silver shield ( argent ) is a sword between two lions rampant ", that of the O ' Carrolls of Ely as: " Sable two lions rampant combatant or armed and langued gules supporting a sword point upwards proper pommel and hilt of the first ", and that of the O ' Meaghar family of O ' Carrolls of Ely as: " Azure two lions rampant combatant or supporting a sword argent ".

Later arms of the House of Braose | Braose family: Azure semy of Cross | crosses-crosslet a Lions in heraldry | lion double queued rampant or

The Common Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis ) also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

The family is widespread through Africa, through east and south Asia as far as Australia, with one species, the Common Kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis ) also appearing in Europe and northern Asia.

* Alcedo hercules Blyth's Kingfisher

* Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher

* Alcedo semitorquata Half-collared Kingfisher

* Alcedo quadribrachys Shining Blue Kingfisher

* Alcedo meninting Blue-eared Kingfisher

* Alcedo websteri Bismarck Kingfisher

* Alcedo euryzona Blue-banded Kingfisher

* Alcedo cyanopecta Indigo-banded Kingfisher

* Alcedo argentata Silvery Kingfisher

* Alcedo cristata Malachite Kingfisher

* Alcedo vintsioides Madagascar Kingfisher

* Alcedo thomensis São Tomé Kingfisher

* Alcedo nais Príncipe Kingfisher

* Alcedo leucogaster White-bellied Kingfisher

* Alcedo coerulescens Small Blue Kingfisher

* Alcedo pusilla Little Kingfisher

The Malachite Kingfisher ( Alcedo cristata ) is a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara.