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Asian Collared Kingfisher

Todiramphus chloris

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.

Asian Collared Kingfisher
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Overview

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.

Habitat & distribution

Habitats

FreshwaterBrackish WaterTerrestrial

Video

(description also from source) The Coppersmith Barbet's (Megalaima haemacephala) metronomic call has been likened to a coppersmith striking metal with a hammer. It can be heard from afar but difficult to locate. On this occasion I was fortunate to have a clear view of the bird in an African Tulip Tree. It was making the animated calls in response to another one, possibly its mate a short distance away in another African Tulip tree. I had earlier heard but unable to locate it when I walked past that tree earlier. In this video, many other bird calls can be heard, they are: Javan Mynas, Asian Glossy Starlings, Collared Kingfisher, Black-naped Orioles, Hill Myna, and Greater Racket-tailed Drongo in its repetitive metallic clinks.Credit: sunch28 · CC BY 3.0Source ↗

Sounds

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References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. WoRMS / Aphia World Register of Marine Species
  3. Wikipedia — Collared kingfisher Wikipedia

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