Halcyon smyrnensis  (Linnaeus, 1758)

White-throated Kingfisher
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Halcyon
Species: smyrnensis
  • Common names: White-throated Kingfisher
  • Thai names: นกกะเต็นอกขาว
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1]
    Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis: Arabian Peninsula to Caucasus Mountains and nw India
    Halcyon smyrnensis fusca: W India and Sri Lanka
    Halcyon smyrnensis saturatior: Andaman Islands
    Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra: Myanmar to Malay Peninsula and Indochina
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population increasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Bangkok
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Halcyon smyrnensis from Thailand.
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra.jpg
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra (Madarász, 1904) Suan Luang Rama IX Park Bangkok Thailand February
References:
​[1] Avibase - accessed 23 June 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2017. Halcyon smyrnensis (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22725846A119289544. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22725846A119289544.en. Downloaded on 23 June 2020.
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​​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.