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WoRMS taxon detailsHalcyon Swainson, 1821
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Size: medium. Plumage: always some blue in the plumage; tail relatively long; outer primary shorter than 5th; tibia...
Description Size: medium. Plumage: always some blue in the plumage; tail relatively long; outer primary shorter than 5th; tibia feathered to extreme distal end. Other characters: tarsus and toes relatively long for the family; bill relatively heavy. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Halcyon Swainson, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206709 on 2024-07-26
Date action by 1998-06-25 14:48:23Z created Depew, Lorna
basis of record
Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
 Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description Size: medium. Plumage: always some blue in the plumage; tail relatively long; outer primary shorter than 5th; tibia feathered to extreme distal end. Other characters: tarsus and toes relatively long for the family; bill relatively heavy. [details]
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