Collared Kingfisher

The collared kingfisher, also known as the white-collared, black-masked or mangrove kingfisher, is a medium-sized tree kingfisher 23–25 cm long, with males weighing 51–90 g and females 54–100 g. It varies from blue to green above with white or buff underparts and a white collar round the neck. The most typical call is a loud, harsh, metallic kee-kee-kee repeated several times, and calls vary geographically. The species is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Notable features include a wide range from the Red Sea across southern Asia to Melanesia, and several forms have been split off as separate species (Wikipedia, general species account). A clutch is usually two to five rounded whitish eggs laid directly on the floor of the burrow with no nest material. both parents incubate and feed the chicks, which leave the nest about 44 days after hatching (Wikipedia, general species account). (Wikipedia, general species account).