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Clearing up the Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

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

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Confusing Collared Kingfishers

10,000 Birds

Subspecies humii , Thailand. 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. Image by JJ Harrison (Creative Commons, Attribution Share-alike). Above we have an example of the species.

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