Poole, Karen E.
OverviewAI-generated
Halcyon is a genus of birds within the family Alcedinidae and the order Coraciiformes. It belongs to the class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Swainson in 1821 and is currently accepted. Its parent taxon is the tree kingfisher.
The habitat for this genus includes brackish and freshwater environments. Records from iDigBio indicate that specimens are held by institutions such as WFVZ, CUMV, ROM, USNM, and FMNH. These records originate from countries including Malaysia, the United States, Indonesia, the Society Islands; French Polynesia, and Thailand. The genus has 556 records and 96 media items in this database.
Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
White-throated Kingfisher
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCoraciiformes
- FamilyAlcedinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 556
- With media
- 96
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Collections
- WFVZ, CUMV, ROM, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Malaysia, United States, Indonesia, Society Islands; French Polynesia, Thailand, Samoa, American Samoa
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Encyclopedic overview
Halcyon (/ˈhælsiən/) is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Halcyon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.