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Todiramphus chloris

Photo by Romy Ocon
Location: South Lagoon, Las Pinas City, Philippines

Todirhamphus chloris, Halcyon chloris

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

22-29 cm. Blue-green upperparts, white or buff below, white neck collar, black eye stripe, black bill, pale yellow lower mandible. Female - more green. Subspecies vary - white or buff eyestripe, white spot between bill and eye.

Photo by russkie
Courting behaviour photographed in Langkawi, Malaysia

[edit] Distribution

Southern Asia and Malaysia.

[edit] Taxonomy

Was previously Halcyon chloris. The Sibley-Monroe spelling of the scientific name (Todirhamphus chloris) is incorrect. Clements and Howard & Moore both use Todiramphus chloris. More details in this discussion.
Polytypic. Consists of 50+ subspecies.

T.c.abyssinicus W coast of Red Sea to head of Gulf of Aden
T.c.kalbaensis S coast of Arabian Peninsula to extreme nw Oman
T.c.vidali Peninsular India (Ratnagiri District)
T.c.davisoni Andaman Islands and Cocos Islands (Indian Ocean)
T.c.occipitalis Nicobar Islands
T.c.humii NW India to Malay Pen., Thailand, Myanmar, Mergui Arch.
T.c.armstrongi S Thailand and Myanmar
T.c.chloropterus Islands off w Sumatra (except Enggano)
T.c.azelus Enggano I. (off sw [Sumatra]])
T.c.palmeri Java, Bali and adjacent islands in Java Sea
T.c.laubmannianus S Sumatra, Borneo and adjacent islands
T.c.collaris Philippines, Sulu Archipelago and Palawan
T.c.chloris Sulawesi to nw New Guinea and Lesser Sundas
T.c.pilbara W Australia (Exmouth Gulf to mouth of Turner River)
T.c.sordidus S New Guinea, Aru Islands and coastal n Australia
T.c.colcloughi Central Queensland coast to ne New South Wales
T.c.colonus Islands off se Papua New Guinea and Louisiade Archipelago
T.c.teraokai Palau Islands (w Caroline Islands)
T.c.owstoni N Mariana Islands (Asuncion, Pagan, Almagan and Agrihan)
T.c.albicilla S Mariana Islands (Saipan, Tinian and Aguiguan)
T.c.orii Rota I. (s Mariana Islands)
T.c.matthiae St. Matthias Islands (Papua New Guinea)
T.c.stresemanni Witu, Umboi and adjacent islands in Dampier Straits
T.c.nusae New Ireland (except sw), New Hanover and Feni Islands
T.c.novaehiberniae New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago)
T.c.bennetti Nissan I. (e Papua New Guinea)
T.c.tristrami New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago)
T.c.alberti Buka, Bougainville and Solomon Islands (east to Guadalcanal)
T.c.mala Malaita (e [Solomon Islands]])
T.c.sororum S Solomon Islands (Malaupaina and Malaulalo)
T.c.pavuvu Pavuvu I. (Russel Group in central Solomon Islands)
T.c.solomonis Solomon Islands (Uki Ni Masi, San CristÃ³bal and Santa Anna)
T.c.amoenus Solomon Islands (Rennell and Bellona)
T.c.brachyurus Reef Islands (Fenualoa and Lomlon)
T.c.vicina Duff Group (e Solomon Islands)
T.c.ornatus E Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz and Tinakula)
T.c.utupuae Utupua I. (Santa Cruz Group in e Solomon Islands)
T.c.melanoderus Vanikolo I. (Santa Cruz Group in e Solomon Islands)
T.c.torresianus Torres Group (Toga, Loh and Hiu)
T.c.santoensis Banks Group to EspÃritu Santo and Malo (n Vanuatu)
T.c.juliae N and central Vanuatu (Maewo and Aoba islands to Efate)
T.c.erromangae Erromango I. (s Vanuatu)
T.c.tannensis Tanna I. (s Vanuatu)
T.c.vitiensis Fiji (Ngau, Ovalau, Koro, Viti Levu, Vanua Levu and Taveuni)
T.c.eximius Fiji (Kandavu, Ono and Vanua Kula)
T.c.marinus Lau Archipelago (e Fiji)
T.c.sacer Tonga
T.c.regina Futuna (Wallis and Futuna, central Polynesia)
T.c.pealei Tutuila I. (American Samoa)
T.c.manuae American Samoa (Ofu, Olosega and Tau)

[edit] Habitat

Coastal areas, mangrove swamps, farmland, open woodland, grassland and gardens.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes crabs, insects, shrimps, frogs, worms, snails, lizards and small fish.

It nests in holes. 2-7 round whitish eggs are laid and are incubated by both parents. The young fledge about 44 days after hatching.

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.