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Collared Kingfisher

Todiramphus chloris · Family Alcedinidae

Todiramphus chloris

Family Alcedinidae

Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Alcedinidae
GBIF occurrence records
158,955
Countries and territories with records
43
Collared Kingfisher
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · Todiramphus chloris 2 - Laem Phak Bia.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.

About this species

This species has 158,955 occurrence records from 43 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Singapore (20.6%), the Philippines (19.9%), Indonesia (15.7%), Malaysia (10.9%) and Thailand (10.6%); together they account for 77.7% of the total. In Singapore, this species accounts for 2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Todiramphus chloris combines the genus name Todiramphus with the species epithet chloris. The Warbla app catalog lists 26 species of the genus Todiramphus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Todiramphus sanctus, Todiramphus macleayii and Todiramphus pyrrhopygius.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species ranks 11th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Megaceryle alcyon. Its record count is close to the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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