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Clearing up the Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

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

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Confusing Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

Compare this to the next bird… Subspecies kalbansis, United Arab Emirates. Vanuatu has five subspecies, Fiji has three, and the far flung Solomon Islands have twelve. Subspecies albicilla , Saipan, Micronesia. Top Flickr user Sjahanmi (Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-commercial).

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