The Mariana kingfisher (''Todiramphus albicilla'') is a species of

bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...

in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonw ...

. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the

collared kingfisher The collared kingfisher (''Todiramphus chloris'') is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has ...

Subspecies

* ''T. a. owstoni'' (Rothschild, 1904) – northern Mariana Islands * ''T. a. albicilla'' (Dumont, 1823) – southern Mariana Islands * ''T. a. orii'' (Taka-Tsukasa & Momiyama, 1931) – Rota

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