Collared kingfisher

Collared kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris humii
Laem Phak Bia, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Todiramphus
Species:
T. chloris
Binomial name
Todiramphus chloris
(Boddaert, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Halcyon chloris
  • Todirhamphus chloris

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 Polynesia. 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2019) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Todiramphus chloris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22683399A155541475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683399A155541475.en. Retrieved 15 September 2024.