Todiramphus chloris
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In 3 days ~60% 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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher sighting in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, based on 83 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 24th most-seen of the 103 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher in Ho Chi Minh City on a given day, against about 10% in November and December, the lowest months.
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.
14th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Collared Kingfisher sightings, Ho Chi Minh City ranks 14th at about 30%. The best odds are in Cebu City (Philippines, about 90%), Davao City (Philippines, about 80%) and Manila (Philippines, about 70%).
Same family: Alcedinidae
The closest relatives of the Collared Kingfisher that you can see in Ho Chi Minh City (family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers) are Common Kingfisher (about 20%) and White-throated Kingfisher (about 20%), 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 Ho Chi Minh City (83 verified sightings), 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.
