collared kingfisher - (todiramphus chloris)

The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloride) is a medium sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher of mangrove kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across Southern Asia to Polynesia. A number of subspecies including the Pacific kingfisher, the islet kingfisher the Torresian kingfisher, the Mariana kingfisher and the Melanesian kingfisher.