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Clearing up the Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

Subspecies kalbansis, United Arab Emirates. I’m not sure why Australian birds are given this name, but the Australian subspecies is the Torrresian Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sordidus ). Subspecies pealei , National Park of American Samoa. Subspecies humii , Thailand. Mariana Kingfisher. Saipan, Micronesia.

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Confusing Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

The world of birding is filled with challenging groups well known to all, birds like gulls , Empidonax flycatchers or cisticolas that require attention to the tiniest details in order to assign an individual to a specific species (if it can be done at all). One such bird is the Collared Kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris ).

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