Typical Woodland Kingfishers
Halcyon
Halcyon (/ˈhælsiən/) is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
White-throated Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon smyrnensis
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon albiventris
Woodland Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon senegalensis
Gray-headed Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon leucocephala
Striped Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon chelicuti
Black-capped Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon pileata
Ruddy Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon coromanda
Javan Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon cyanoventris
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon malimbica
Brown-breasted Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon gularis
Mangrove Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon senegaloides
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
speciesHalcyon badia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2315.