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White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis · Family Alcedinidae
Halcyon smyrnensis
Family Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,364,705
- Countries and territories with records
- 46
About this species
This species has 1,364,705 occurrence records from 46 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (75.3%), Israel (6%), Thailand (3.9%), Sri Lanka (3.7%) and Singapore (1.7%); together they account for 90.6% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Halcyon smyrnensis combines the genus name Halcyon with the species epithet smyrnensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 12 species of the genus Halcyon; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Halcyon albiventris, Halcyon senegalensis and Halcyon chelicuti.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Megaceryle alcyon. Its record count is 8.7 times the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.