Brown-breasted kingfisher

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Brown-breasted kingfisher
Brown-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon gularis), Luzon, Philippines (16337399009).jpg
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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]

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References

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