Todiramphus chloris
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
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 |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher sighting in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 60th most-seen of the 166 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
December
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Collared Kingfisher in Gunung Leuser National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February, August and October, 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.
10th of 15
Of the 15 parks where we can rate Collared Kingfisher sightings, Gunung Leuser National Park ranks 10th at about 10%. 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 Gunung Leuser National Park (family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers) are White-throated Kingfisher (about 10%), Stork-billed Kingfisher (about 10%) and Black-backed Dwarf-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 Gunung Leuser National Park (33 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.
