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Clearing up the Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

Subspecies humii , Thailand. One new Pacific island form is the Mariana Kingfisher ( Todiramphus albicilla ) from the Mariana Islands in Micronesia. Saipan, Micronesia. Saipan, Micronesia. Subspecies vitiensis , Fiji. Image by JJ Harrison (Creative Commons, Attribution Share-alike). Mariana Kingfisher. Tom Tarrant.

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Confusing Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

Subspecies humii , Thailand. Vanuatu has five subspecies, Fiji has three, and the far flung Solomon Islands have twelve. Subspecies albicilla , Saipan, Micronesia. Image by JJ Harrison (Creative Commons, Attribution Share-alike). Above we have an example of the species. The subspecies humii ranges from Bengal to Singapore.

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