Halcyon
Typical Woodland Kingfishers
As recorded: Halcyon Swainson, 1821
Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Alcedinidae
- Region
- Australia
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Halcyon observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 53,498 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-28.
2026-10-28
B 30, Jodhpur Village, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015, India
(c) Madhurima Sengupta, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Quorn SA 5433, Australia
(c) mercedes_lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Ehlanzeni
(c) jesrah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Quorn SA 5433, Australia
(c) mercedes_lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
WV99+FHX, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka
(c) Dulyana Apoorva Wanigasooriya, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-28
Central, Singapore
(c) Axl P., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Halcyon. BPBM 472.02. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37037002. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm/472.02.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37037002 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026