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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. Subspecies vitiensis , Fiji. Subspecies juliae , Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. For example only a single subspecies from Vanuatu was sampled.

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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 juliae , Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Top Flickr user Sjahanmi (Creative Commons, Attribution, Non-commercial).

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