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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Halcyon

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbkin4) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Halcyon

Subspecies (4)

Halcyon malimbica dryas

Príncipe Island and (formerly) São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea)
Halcyon malimbica forbesi

Sierra Leone to eastern Nigeria and far western Cameroon; Bioko Island
Halcyon malimbica malimbica

riverine woodland of Cameroon to Uganda and Zambia
Halcyon malimbica torquata

southern Senegambia and Guinea-Bissau to far western Mali

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbkin4) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.