Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga United Arab Emirates 
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
All the way back in 2011 I wrote about the confusing taxanomic enigma that is the Collared Kingfisher , a species that ranges from the Red Sea to Tonga in a bewildering variety of forms. Subspecies kalbansis, United Arab Emirates. Subspecies pealei , National Park of American Samoa. Subspecies sacer , ‘Eua, Tonga.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2011
The Collared Kingfisher isn’t the most widespread kingfisher in the world (a distinction that would probably go to the Common Kingfisher or the Pied Kingfisher ), but it is close, ranging from the African coast of the Red Sea through to Tonga and American Samoa. Subspecies pealei , National Park of American Samoa.
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