G'day Scottie
No books here at work but according to The Handbook of the Birds of the
World online (www.hbw,com) there are only two possibilities.
Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher (*Todiramphis farquhari*) is restricted to
forests on Espiritu Santo, Malo and Malakula islands. It has no
supercilium, a white throat and the rest of the underparts uniform
rufous-orange.
Your bird is Collared Kingfisher- probably *Todiramphus chloris santoensis*.
Unlike the Australian birds some of the Pacific island forms have this
reddish supercilium and wash to the breast and belly.
Cheers
Steve
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Scottie <> wrote:
> While on a small island off Espiritu Santo last week I saw quite a few
> kingfishers that confused me. Any help on ID would be appreciated.
>
> A rather poor pic is at
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4wr9c4l354dtypt/KyZYC7iJ28
>
> I hope the photo is good enough and Dropbox doesn't do a go-slow.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Peter Scott
>
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