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Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis · Family Alcedinidae
Halcyon senegalensis
Family Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 113,416
- Countries and territories with records
- 46
About this species
This species has 113,416 occurrence records from 46 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (50.3%), Uganda (12.5%), Ghana (4.3%), Kenya (3.8%) and Botswana (3.7%); together they account for 74.5% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Halcyon senegalensis combines the genus name Halcyon with the species epithet senegalensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Halcyon; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Halcyon smyrnensis, Halcyon albiventris and Halcyon chelicuti.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Megaceryle alcyon. Its record count is 71.9% of the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.