Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Arabic | صياد السمك أبيض الصدر |
Azerbaijani | Qırmızıdimdik balıqcıl |
Bangla | সাদা-বুক মাছরাঙা |
Bulgarian | Белогръдо земеродно рибарче |
Chinese | 蒼翡翠 |
Chinese (SIM) | 白胸翡翠 |
Croatian | bjeloprsi vodomar |
Czech | ledňáček hnědohlavý |
Danish | Smyrnaisfugl |
Dutch | Smyrnaijsvogel |
English | White-throated Kingfisher |
English (United States) | White-throated Kingfisher |
French | Martin-chasseur de Smyrne |
French (France) | Martin-chasseur de Smyrne |
German | Braunliest |
Greek | Σμυρναλκυόνη |
Gujarati | કલકલિયો |
Hebrew | שלדג לבן-חזה |
Hindi | सफ़ेद छाती किलकिला |
Hungarian | Barna halkapó |
Icelandic | Tyrkjaþyrill |
Indonesian | Cekakak belukar |
Japanese | アオショウビン |
Lithuanian | Raudonsnapis halcionas |
Malayalam | മീൻകൊത്തിച്ചാത്തൻ |
Marathi | खंड्या |
Norwegian | kastanjeisfugl |
Odia | ନୀଳ ମାଛରଙ୍କା |
Persian | ماهی خورک سینه سفید |
Polish | łowiec krasnodzioby |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Guarda-rios-de-papo-branco |
Punjabi (India) | ਵੱਡਾ ਮਛੇਰਾ |
Romanian | Pescăraș cu piept alb |
Russian | Красноносый зимородок |
Serbian | Belogrudi vodomar |
Slovak | rybárikovec hnedohlavý |
Slovenian | Izmirski gozdomec |
Spanish | Alción de Esmirna |
Spanish (Spain) | Alción de Esmirna |
Swedish | smyrnakungsfiskare (smyrnensis) |
Telugu | బుచ్చిగాడు |
Thai | นกกระเต็นอกขาว |
Turkish | İzmir Yalıçapkını |
Ukrainian | Альціон білогрудий |
Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Alcedo smyrnensis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.116.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Africa and Asia = Smyrna, ex Albin.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HALCYON
- smyrnensis
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Scientific name definitions
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Authors
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Woodall, P. F. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.whtkin2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 14, 2016
- White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Authors
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Woodall, P. F. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.