Collared Kingfisher - Distribution and Habitat - List of Subspecies - Melanesia

Melanesia

Papua New Guinea islands
  • T. c. matthiae (Heinroth, 1902) – St Matthias Islands
  • T. c. nusae (Heinroth, 1902) – New Hanover, New Ireland and the Feni Islands
  • T. c. novaehiberniae (Hartert, 1925) – south-west New Ireland.
  • T. c. bennetti (Ripley, 1947) – Nissan Island
  • T. c. stresemanni (Laubmann, 1923) – islands between mainland New Guinea and New Britain
  • T. c. tristrami (E. L. Layard, 1880) – New Britain
  • T. c. colonus (Hartert, 1896) – Louisiade Archipelago
Solomon Islands
  • T. c. alberti (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) – western and central Solomon Islands
  • T. c. pavuvu (Mayr, 1935) – Pavuvu
  • T. c. mala (Mayr, 1935) – Malaita
  • T. c. solomonis (E. P. Ramsay, 1882) – Makira and adjacent islands
  • T. c. sororum (I. C. J. Galbraith & E. H. Galbraith, 1962) – Malaupaina and Malaulalo
  • T. c. amoenus (Mayr, 1931) – Rennell and Bellona
  • T. c. ornatus (Mayr, 1931) – Nendo and Tinakula
  • T. c. brachyurus (Mayr, 1931) – Reef Islands
  • T. c. vicina (Mayr, 1931) – Duff Islands
  • T. c. utupuae (Mayr, 1931) – Utupua
  • T. c. melanodera (Mayr, 1931) – Vanikoro
Vanuatu
  • T. c. torresianus (Mayr, 1931) – Hiw and Lo
  • T. c. santoensis (Mayr, 1931) – Banks Islands southwards to Espiritu Santo and Malo
  • T. c. juliae (Heine, 1860) – Aoba and Maewo southwards to Efate
  • T. c. erromangae (Mayr, 1938) – Erromango and Anatom
  • T. c. tannensis (Sharpe, 1892) – Tanna
Fiji
  • T. c. vitiensis (Peale, 1848) – Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Viti Levu, Koro, Ovalau and Gau
  • T. c. marinus (Mayr, 1941) – Lau Archipelago
  • T. c. eximius (Mayr, 1941) – Kadavu

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