Halcyon Swainson, 1821
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Swainson, William. 1821. Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals. Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London. Vol. 1: pls.19-66.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Coraciiformes
- family
- Alcedinidae
- genus
- Halcyon
Name
- Synonyms
- Halcion Bonaparte, 1831
- Halycon Smith, 1834
- Homonyms
- Halcyon Swainson, 1821
- Halcyon Conrad, 1868
- Common names
- Blue Kingfishers in English
- Blue Kingfishers in English
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- CoL2006
- Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
- SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- Zool. Illust., (1) 1 (5), pl
- as per family