Todiramphus chloris
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has a wide range extending from the Red Sea across southern Asia to Melanesia. A number of subspecies and subspecies groups have been split from this species including the Pacific kingfisher, the Islet kingfisher, the Torresian kingfisher, the Mariana kingfisher, and the Melanesian kingfisher.
The collared kingfisher was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1780. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle. This was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Alcedo chloris in his catalogue of the Planches Enluminées. The type locality is the island of Buru within Indonesia... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bali Barat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Komodo National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 4 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Bako National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 7 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Kerinci Seblat National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 10 | Gunung Leuser National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 11 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 12 | Taman Negara National Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 13 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 14 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 15 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebu City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 2 | Davao City | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 3 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines | |
| 4 | Denpasar | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Kuching | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 6 | Singapore | 🇸🇬 Singapore | |
| 7 | Johor Bahru | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 8 | Bandar Lampung | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 9 | Jakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 10 | Yogyakarta | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 2 | Natura Artis Magistra | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 3 | Barcelona Zoo | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Walsrode World Bird Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 5 | Zoo Miami | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Aquarama Barcelona | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Bali Bird Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 8 | Bioparc Fuengirola | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 9 | Snakeroom Serpentarium | 🇪🇸 Spain |
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher sighting in Bako National Park on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 11th most-seen of the 70 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July–August
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher in Bako National Park on a given day, against about 20% in September, the lowest month. November and December have too few records to rate.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Collared Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
5th of 15
Of the 15 parks where we can rate Collared Kingfisher sightings, Bako National Park ranks 5th at about 50%. The best odds are in Bali Barat National Park (Indonesia, about 80%), Sundarbans National Park (India, about 80%) and Komodo National Park (Indonesia, about 70%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Alcedinidae
The closest relatives of the Collared Kingfisher that you can see in Bako National Park (family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers) are Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher (about 10%) and Stork-billed Kingfisher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Collared Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Bako National Park (79 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
