IRMNG - Halcyon Swainson, 1821

IRMNG taxon details

Halcyon Swainson, 1821

IRMNG_ID

1120528 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1120528)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alcedinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Halcion Bonaparte, 1831 · unaccepted

Halycon Smith, 1834 · unaccepted

Direct children (19)

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Species Halcyon albiventris (Scopoli, 1786)
Species Halcyon badia Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851
Species Halcyon barnardi Campbell
Species Halcyon chelicuti (Stanley, 1814)
Species Halcyon chloris (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Halcyon coromanda (Latham, 1790)
Species Halcyon cyanoventris Vieillot, 1818
Species Halcyon leucocephala (Muller, 1776)
Species Halcyon malimbica (Shaw, 1811)
Species Halcyon pileata (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Halcyon pyrrhopygius
Species Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Halcyon senegaloides Smith, 1834
Species Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Halcyon westralasianus Campbell
Species Halcyon cinnamomina Swainson, 1821 accepted as Todirhamphus cinnamominus (Swainson, 1821)
Species Halcyon cinnamonina Swainson, 1821 accepted as Todirhamphus cinnamominus (Swainson, 1821)
Species Halcyon pyrrhopygia Gould, 1840 accepted as Todiramphus pyrrhopygia (Gould, 1840)
Species Halcyon sancta Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 accepted as Todirhamphus sanctus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Zool. Illust., (1) 1 (5), pl
page(s): 27 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Halcyon Swainson, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1120528 on 2024-11-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Zool. Illust., (1) 1 (5), pl
page(s): 27 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Halycon Smith, 1834) S. Afr. quart. J., 2, no. 21, 143
page(s): 144 [details]

original description (of Halcion Bonaparte, 1831) Giorn. arcad., 49
page(s): 40 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

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