White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (5)
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 14, 2016
Text last updated March 14, 2016
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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 |
| Catalan | alció d'Esmirna |
| Chinese | 蒼翡翠 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 白胸翡翠 |
| 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
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the White-throated Kingfisher
