Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,859
- Most observed in
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Collared kingfisher”.