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Brown-hooded kingfisher

Brown-hooded kingfisher
Calls recorded in northern South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Halcyon
Species:
H. albiventris
Binomial name
Halcyon albiventris
(Scopoli, 1786)
Subspecies[2]
  • H. a. albiventris - (Scopoli, 1786)
  • H. a. orientalis - Peters, W, 1868
  • H. a. prentissgrayi - Bowen, 1930
  • H. a. vociferans - Clancey, 1952

The brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It has a brown head and blackish and turquoise wings. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, living in woodland, scrubland, forest edges, and also suburban areas. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as being of least concern.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Halcyon albiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683273A92982324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683273A92982324.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
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