WoRMS taxon details
Halcyon Swainson, 1821
- Species Halcyon senegaloides Smith, 1834
- Species Halcyon chloris (Boddaert, 1783) accepted as Todiramphus chloris (Boddaert, 1783) (synonym)
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Size: medium. Plumage: always some blue in the plumage; tail relatively long; outer primary shorter than 5th; tibia...
Description Size: medium. Plumage: always some blue in the plumage; tail relatively long; outer primary shorter than 5th; tibia feathered to extreme distal end. Other characters: tarsus and toes relatively long for the family; bill relatively heavy. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Halcyon Swainson, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206709 on 2025-05-13
Date
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1998-06-25 14:48:23Z
created
Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Size: medium. Plumage: always some blue in the plumage; tail relatively long; outer primary shorter than 5th; tibia feathered to extreme distal end. Other characters: tarsus and toes relatively long for the family; bill relatively heavy. [details]
