Brown-breasted kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Halcyon
Species:
H. gularis
Binomial name
Halcyon gularis
(Kuhl, 1820)
Synonyms

Halcyon smyrnensis gularis

The brown-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon gularis) is a tree kingfisher endemic to the Philippines, where it is widely distributed. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range.[1]

It was previously considered a subspecies of the white-throated kingfisher (H. smyrnensis), but was split as a distinct species by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International in 2014, and the International Ornithological Congress followed suit in 2022.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b BirdLife International (2016). "Halcyon gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725856A94903577. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725856A94903577.en. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
  3. ^ Collar, Nigel J. (2011). "Species limits in some Philippine birds including the Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus" (PDF). Forktail. 27: 29–38.
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