Gray-headed Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala

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Scientific name: Halcyon leucocephala

References:

[1] Hockey, P. A. R. (1997). Africa’s kingfishers: A guide to their identification. Africa — Birds & Birding, 2(1), 61-65.

Gray-headed Kingfisher Subspecies
Scientific name Range
Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala Senegambia to Ethiopia, nw Somalia and ne Zaire
Halcyon leucocephala acteon Cape Verde Islands (Santiago, Fogo and Brava)
Halcyon leucocephala hyacinthina S Somalia and coastal Kenya to Mozambique
Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris Congo, Zaire, Rwanda and nw Tanzania to n South Africa
Halcyon leucocephala semicaerulea Red Sea coast of extreme s Arabian Peninsula

Data sources:

  • Birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8438)
  • IICT Colecção Zoológica, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/12696)
  • MCZ Ornithology Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/580)
  • LACM Vertebrate Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14305)
  • RBINS collections, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/13690)
  • Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14100)
  • Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Bird Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14351)
  • NMNH Vertebrate Zoology Birds Collections, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1835)
  • Ditsong Museum, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/11955)
  • ORN, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1897)
  • Bird specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/571)
  • Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, NM., (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/985)
  • Hatikka Observation Data Gateway, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/2401)
  • Collection Aves (bird skins) SMF, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8314)
  • WFVZ Bird Collections, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14187)
  • Bird specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/634)
  • UMZC Zoological Specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14193)
  • Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam (NL) - Aves, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/685)
  • Baillon Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14302)
  • Aves MZS, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8091)
  • Peabody Ornithology DiGIR Service, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1020)
  • DMNH Birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14178)
  • Cowan Tetrapod Collection - Birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14386)
  • Collection Ornithologie - ZSRO, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/11922)
  • Ornithology Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8429)
  • Bird Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/143)
  • Vertebrate specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/541)
  • hsu_wildlife_birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14030)
  • Collection Aves (spirit preserved) SMF, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8307)
  • Vertebrates of the Gothenburg Natural History Museum (GNM), (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14391)
  • ISU Birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14191)
  • Lund Museum of Zoology (MZLU), (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1533)
  • MVZ Bird Catalog, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8122)
  • Zoology (Museum of Evolution - Uppsala), (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1044)
  • Animal Sound Archive Berlin, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/11698)
  • Birds Specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/632)
  • Bird Collection, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/993)
  • Macaulay Library - Audio Data, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/41)
  • Bird specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/806)
  • University of Ghent - Zoology Museum - Vertebratacollectie, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/2627)
  • Biological and palaeontological collection and observation data MNHNL, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8107)
  • SAFRING, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/11995)
  • Southern African Bird Atlas Project, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/11957)
  • eBird, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/43)
  • Bird specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/658)
  • rmca-albertine-rift-birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14336)
  • Aves Tanzanian collection at the Natural History Museum of Denmark (SNM), (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/13987)
  • Fieldjournal.org observation database, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14040)
  • Bird Specimens, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/125)
  • Macaulay Library - Video Data, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/42)
  • South Australian Museum Australia provider for OZCAM, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/14121)
  • Rapid Assessment Program (RAP) Biodiversity Survey Database, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8076)

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