BirdUp · Species
Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris(Boddaert, 1783)
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- Order
- CORACIIFORMES
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Todiramphus
At a glance
The Collared Kingfisher is a medium-sized bird, about 23–27 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 23–27 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Collared Kingfisher look like?
The Collared Kingfisher is a medium-sized bird, about 23–27 cm long and weighing 50–100 g.
The collared kingfisher 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.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Collared Kingfisher?
The Collared Kingfisher is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Collared Kingfisher eat?
The Collared Kingfisher feeds on terrestrial invertebrates and intertidal invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
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