Differences between the Australian subspecies of the Yellow-billed Kingfisher and those of New Guinea

[Steve Clark <>]

G'day Patrick

Check out https://www.hbw.com/species/yellow-billed-kingfisher-syma-torotoro

as a starting point.

Cheers
Steve

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Patrick Scully <> wrote:

> Hello All,
> Recently I did a trip to Iron Range with Ken Haines and Ken spotted and
> photographed a female Yellow-billed Kingfisher.  When we got back, I put a
> request in birding-aus for details of someone on a 2012 trip with Klaus
> Uhlenhut, where we saw a male Yellow-billed Kingfisher.  Robin Irwin, who
> was on that trip kindly sent me some photos and this got interested in what
> the differences might be with those Yellow-billed Kingfishers found in the
> New Guinea region.  Our Australian one is a subspecies.  It seems that
> there are 2 or 3 other subspecies in New Guinea.
> I don't have a copy of Phil Gregory's New Guinea Field Guide, although I
> may get one for Christmas.  Does anyone know from personal experience if
> there are any noticeable differences?
> I imagine that there may be some of this list that might know, Phil Gregory
> or Geoff Jones for example but there might be a few lucky others that have
> been to the New Guinea region too.
> Best wishes,
> Patrick Scully
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