Range of Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris extends from East Africa to Polynesia, but only vagrants reach Chinese coast (Jiangsu, Fujian). Common in mangroves and coastal forests. Bluish-green above, white below, with distinctive white collar and black eyestripe. Bill black above, flesh at base below. Juvenile duller, with dark scaling on breast. Feet black. Distinctive, grating shriek, reminiscent of a gull. — Craig Brelsford
THE KINGFISHERS OF CHINA
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Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
Black-capped Kingfisher H. pileata
White-throated Kingfisher H. smyrnensis
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
Common Kingfisher A. atthis
Blyth’s Kingfisher A. hercules
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Daniel Bengtsson served as chief ornithological consultant for Craig Brelsford’s Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of China, from which this species description is drawn.
