Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Halcyon

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Cole Wolf · CC_BY_4_0

Beth Pratt · CC_BY_4_0

spellecchias · CC_BY_4_0

Mahomed Desai · CC_BY_4_0

Halcyon senegalensis cyanoleuca

northwestern Tanzania to Angola, Botswana, and KwaZulu-Natal
Halcyon senegalensis fuscopileus

forest of Sierra Leone to southern Nigeria and Congo basin
Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis

Senegambia to Ethiopia and northern Tanzania

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.