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Confusing Collared Kingfishers

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Subspecies albicilla , Saipan, Micronesia. Just to make things even more confusing there is a race of the Chattering Kingfisher, ruficollaris , from Mangaia in the Cook Islands, which might also be placed with the Sacred Kingfisher. Another race that might best be placed with the Chattering Kingfisher is the Tongan sacer.

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