Yellow-billed Kingfisher
Syma torotoroLesson, RP, 1827
English (US) Yellow-billed Kingfisher
The Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro) 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
- Syma torotoro
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1827
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Syma torotoro torotoro
- Syma torotoro ochracea
- Syma torotoro flavirostris
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1827
- Type locality
- Dorey [now Manokwari] New Guinea.
- Original description
- Bulletin des Sciences Naturelles et de GĂ©ologie 11 sect.2(Sci.Nat.Geol.) p.443
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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