Taxonomic classification ⇿ Photos
The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) belongs to the family Alcedinidae under the order Coraciiformes.
The subspecies Todiramphus chloris kalbaensis is distributed in Persian gulf coast, precisely in Khor Kalba on the United Arab Emirate coast, and also two small sites, Shinas and Liwa on the Batinah coastline just across the border in Oman.
They are now restricted to an area of six square kms of mangroves in Kalba (UAE) and their number estimated to be less than 35 pairs. Khor Kalba has several old Avicennia marina trees.
There is steady reduction in the area of mangroves and also in the availability of old mangrove trees for nesting. The development and construction activities going around the mangroves and also camel grazing and oil spills are harming existing mangroves.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Todiramphus chloris |
| Species: | T. chloris |
| Genus: | Todiramphus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Photo of Collared kingfisher - Todiramphus chloris by JJ Harrison |
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| 2.Photo of Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) by Sumeet Moghe |
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| 3.Photo of Collared kingfisher by JJ Harrison |
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| 4.Photo of Collared kingfisher - Todiramphus chloris by Lip Kee |
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| 5.Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) by Antony Grossy |
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| 6.Collared kingfisher by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 7.Todiramphus chloris by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 8.Todiramphus chloris by Jason Thompson |
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| 9.Todiramphus chloris by Jason Thompson |
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| 10.by Dr HP Tan |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Todiramphus_chloris_2_-_Laem_Phak_Bia.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
2.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:White_Collared_Kingfisher.jpg (cropped)
Author: Sumeet Moghe | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
3.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Todiramphus_chloris_-_Laem_Phak_Bia_highlight_reduction.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collared_kingfisher_(Todiramphus_chloris)_-_Flickr_-_Lip_Kee.jpg (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/28/17
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_White_Collared_Kingfisher.jpg (cropped)
Author: Antony Grossy | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 4/28/17
6.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collared_Kingfisher_-_Thailand_H8O4557_(15695534364).jpg (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/28/17
7.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Collared_Kingfisher_-_Baluran_NP_-_East_Java_MG_7941_(29181917564).jpg (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 4/28/17
8.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79492850@N00/8141958149/ (cropped)
Author: Jason Thompson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/28/17
9.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/79492850@N00/8434855215/ (cropped)
Author:: Jason Thompson | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 4/28/17
10.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/95709041@N04/15823488947/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Dr HP Tan | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 4/28/17
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