Black-capped Kingfisher
Halcyon pileata(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Black-capped Kingfisher
The Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) 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: Manchuria, Korea, and China to southern India, Malaya, and Sulu ArchipelagoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Halcyon pileata
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Black-capped Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo pileata
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- China, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 673.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.41
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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