I've just joined this group in anticipation of 10 weeks birding your east coast
this July-Sept so I'm going to enjoy these ID challenges.
We have several Halcyon kingfishers in Tanzania and are quite use to seeing
these well marked imm birds.
Fry et al 1992 names this Vanuatu bird as H. chloris juliae and the IOC list
(3.4) retains this among the 50 recognized races for this neat bird.
regards to all
Neil
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On Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 4:04, Prof Michael Tarburton
<> wrote:
G'day Scottie
All of what Steve Says is correct, but if you look at
birdsofmelanesia.net you will see that the Rufous-bellied has been
also seen on Aore as well. So if you had named the island you were
on, it would be easier to alert you to what is around there.
birdsofmelanesia.net gives you annotated checklists for 600 Melanesian
islands. If you find something new let me know and I can add it to
the appropriate list(s)
The bird in your photo is a well-coloured Collared Kingfisher.
Cheers
Mike Tarburton
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