WoRMS name details
Halcyon chloris (Boddaert, 1783)
212588 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212588)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
Not documented
Description Length: 17-20 cm. Plumage: blue green above; white collar continuous with all-white underparts; narrow white supercilium;...
Description Length: 17-20 cm. Plumage: blue green above; white collar continuous with all-white underparts; narrow white supercilium; black lores. Immature like adult but with dusky tips to white feathers of hindneck and sides of breast. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill dark brown; feet and legs dark brown. Habitat: thick mangrove and adjacent creeds. Resident in Eritrea. <390><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Halcyon chloris (Boddaert, 1783). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212588 on 2025-05-13
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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]
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Length: 17-20 cm. Plumage: blue green above; white collar continuous with all-white underparts; narrow white supercilium; black lores. Immature like adult but with dusky tips to white feathers of hindneck and sides of breast. Bare parts: iris dark brown; bill dark brown; feet and legs dark brown. Habitat: thick mangrove and adjacent creeds. Resident in Eritrea. <390><391><393> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | white-collared kingfisher | [details] |
