Woodland Kingfisher / Halcyon senegalensis
Woodland Kingfisher bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Senegal Kingfisher, Woodland or Blue-and-white Kingfisher |
Old latin name for bird | Alcedo senegalensis |
Order | Kingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes |
Family | Kingfishers / Alcedinidae |
Genus | Halcyon |
Breeding region | Africa |
Breeding subregion | widespread |
Woodland Kingfisher bird sounds *
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Related species

Brown-breasted Kingfisher

Javan Kingfisher

Mangrove Kingfisher

Black-capped Kingfisher

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Ruddy Kingfisher

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher
Where to see Woodland Kingfisher
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Woodland Kingfisher subspecies (3)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Halcyon senegalensis cyanoleuca | s Angola and w Tanzania to South Africa | - | No |
Halcyon senegalensis fuscopileus | Sierra Leone to s Nigeria and s to DR Congo and n Angola | - | No |
Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis | Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and n Tanzania | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Bosveldvisvanger |
Belarusian | Сенегальскі зімародак |
Breton | Diredig Senegal |
Catalan | alció del Senegal, Alció del Senegal, Alció senegalès |
Chinese | 林地翡翠, 非洲林翡翠 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 林地翡翠, 林翡翠 |
Croatian | šumski vodomar |
Czech | Lledňáček senegalský, Lednácek senegalský, ledňáček senegalský, ledňáček africký |
Danish | Skovisfugl |
Dutch | Senegalijsvogel, Senegalese Ijsvogel |
Esperanto | Senegala arbalciono |
Estonian | salu-safiirlind |
Finnish | afrikanmetsäkalastaja |
French | Martin-chasseur du Sénégal ou M.-c. bleu et blanc, Martin-chasseur du Sénégal |
Frisian | Senegaleeske iisfûgel |
Galician | Alción dos bosques |
German | Senegalliest |
Hungarian | türkiz halkapó |
Icelandic | Trjáþyrill, Trjáþyril |
Irish | Cruidín coille |
Italian | Martin pescatore di bosco, Martin pescatore boschereccio |
Japanese | セネガルショウビン |
Lithuanian | senegalinis halcionas |
Northern Sami | Vuovdefiskár |
Norwegian | Lundisfugl, lundisfugl |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Lundisfugl |
Polish | łowiec jasny, lowiec jasny |
Portuguese | martim-caçador-dos-bosques, pica-peixe-dos-bosques, Guarda-rios-dos-bosques, guarda-rios-dos-bosques |
Russian | Сенегальский зимородок, Сенегальская альциона |
Serbian | Šumski vodomar, Senegalski šumski vodomar |
Slovak | Rybárik stromový, rybárikovec belasý |
Slovenian | sinji gozdomec |
Spanish | Alción senegalés, Alción del Senegal |
Swahili | Kurea Kidari-kijivu, Vuachwe Domochini |
Swedish | savannkungsfiskare |
Turkish | Senegal Yalıçapkını, Orman yalıçapkını |
Ukrainian | альціон сенегальський |
Welsh | Pysgotwr coetir |