Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Halcyon badiaVerreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851
English (US) Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
The Chocolate-backed Kingfisher (Halcyon badia) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: Sierra Leone eastward to western South Sudan and Uganda, and southward to central Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Halcyon badia
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Halcyon (Cancrophaga) badia
- Described by
- Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ, 1851
- Type locality
- Gaboon.
- Original description
- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2), 3 p.264
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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