Grey-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala(Müller, PLS, 1776)
English (US) Gray-headed Kingfisher
UK name: Grey-headed Kingfisher
The Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) 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.
- Scientific name
- Halcyon leucocephala
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Kingfisher
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Halcyon leucocephala acteon
- Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala
- Halcyon leucocephala semicaerulea
- Halcyon leucocephala hyacinthina
- Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo leucocephala
- Described by
- (Müller, PLS, 1776)
- Type locality
- Senegal.
- Original description
- Des Ritters Carl von Linné ... vollständigen Natursystems Supplements- und Register-Band über alle sechs Theile oder Classen des Thierreichs p.94
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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