Collared Kingfisher
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Kingfishers

Collared Kingfisher

Todiramphus chloris

NENot Evaluated
Family
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Order
Coraciiformes

Overview

The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia to Melanesia. A number of subspecies and subspecies groups have been split from this species including the Pacific kingfisher, the Islet kingfisher, the Torresian kingfisher, the Mariana kingfisher, and the Melanesian kingfisher.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.