Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (3)
P. F. Woodall
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2013
Text last updated July 8, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bosveldvisvanger |
| Catalan | alció del Senegal |
| Czech | ledňáček africký |
| Dutch | Senegalijsvogel |
| English | Woodland Kingfisher |
| English (United States) | Woodland Kingfisher |
| French | Martin-chasseur du Sénégal |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur du Sénégal |
| German | Senegalliest |
| Icelandic | Trjáþyrill |
| Japanese | セネガルショウビン |
| Norwegian | lundisfugl |
| Polish | łowiec jasny |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Pica-peixe-dos-bosques |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Guarda-rios-do-senegal |
| Russian | Сенегальский зимородок |
| Serbian | Senegalski šumski vodomar |
| Slovak | rybárikovec belasý |
| Spanish | Alción Senegalés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alción senegalés |
| Swedish | savannkungsfiskare |
| Turkish | Senegal Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Альціон сенегальський |
| Zulu | imbuyelelo |
Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Alcedo senegalensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.180.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HALCYON
- senegala / senegalensis / senegalla / senegallensis / senegalli / senegallus
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 Woodland Kingfisher
