The Blog has Wildlife, Plant and Bird Photos from Walks, Safaris, Birding Trips, Webcams and Vacations. The pictures have been taken with Nikon P900 and P950X cameras. Click on any image for a larger picture. On the right column under Blog Archive are the entries by date. Below under Animal categories all the different species of Animals, Birds, Insects and Plants in the website are listed. Clicking on any entry will show all the entries for that species. Info by Wikipedia.
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Monday, 10 July 2023
27-5-2023 TABIN RESERVE, BORNEO - COLLARED KINGFISHER (Todiramphus 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.
