Collared Kingfisher

Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert, 1783)

Alcedinidae — Kingfishers

Collared Kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris, is a kingfisher of the Oriental Region and Australasia, ranging widely from South Asia through Malaysia to the Lesser Sundas, with further breeding in north-east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is most often associated with coastal places, especially mangrove swamps, though it also uses farmland, open woodland, grassland and gardens, and in some areas it reaches farther inland into forest and mountain country. Its name comes from the white band around the neck, and some birds also show a pale stripe above the eye or a pale mark between the eye and bill.

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Breeding range: Oriental Region, Australasia: widespread from South Asia through Malaysia to Lesser Sundas; also ne AF and Arabian Pen.