The White-throated kingfisher – Halcyon smyrnensis – also called the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, of Type – sallyer, Family Alcedinidae and Order Coraciiformes. It is widely resident right across Southern Asia from Southern Iraq along the Northern coast of the Arabian Gulf across the Indian Sub-continent to the coast of Southern China. Separately, it is also resident along the Levantine coasts from Southern Turkey to Alexandria in Egypt.
Type - sallyer - Resident Habitat - varied open country, near or away from water, with prominent perches in trees or wires,
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae Subfamily: Halcyoninae Genus: Halcyon
Species - Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated kingfisher - Species - ebird.org White-throated kingfisher - Species sheet - wikipedia.org White-throated kingfisher - Species - singaporebirds.com White-throated kingfisher - Birds - oiseaux.net White-throated kingfisher - Sounds & Maps - xeno-canto.org
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