Grey-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Halcyon
- eBird Code
- gyhkin1
Subspecies (5)
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Halcyon leucocephala acteon
Cape Verde Islands (Santiago, Fogo, and Brava)
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Halcyon leucocephala hyacinthina
southern Somalia and coastal Kenya to Mozambique
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Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala
Senegambia to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and northwestern Somalia
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Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and northwestern Tanzania to northern South Africa
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Halcyon leucocephala semicaerulea
Red Sea coast of far southern Arabian Peninsula
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.