10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Subspecies vidali , Goa, India. The Pacific Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sacer ) is one of three species identified in the South Pacific, the other two being from the Solomon Islands and I have no images of them (The Colonist Kingfisher and Melanesian Kingfisher ). Collared Kingfisher sensu stricto. Subspecies humii , Thailand.

United Arab Emirates 180

United Arab Emirates Micronesia Tonga Vanuatu 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

There are four species in the family, ranging from India to the Solomon Islands. Of course this is nonsense, and they are clearly close to swifts, but with a hind toe that lets them perch like a swallow, they sit outside the family as well, in their own, rarely thought about, family.

Solomon Islands 166

Solomon Islands Singapore India Family 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Subspecies vidali , Goa, India. Vanuatu has five subspecies, Fiji has three, and the far flung Solomon Islands have twelve. The two images show the difference lighting can make to the shades of blue and green in the back and wings. In the Indian subspecies vidali , the white doesn’t even reach the eye.

Samoa 171

Samoa Vanuatu United Arab Emirates Tonga 171