Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The collared kingfisher is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia to Melanesia. A number of subspecies and subspecies groups have been split from this species including the Pacific kingfisher, the Islet kingfisher, the Torresian kingfisher, the Mariana kingfisher, and the Melanesian kingfisher.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Todiramphus