Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (4)
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2015
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 25, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | alció sagrat |
| Czech | ledňáček posvátný |
| Dutch | Heilige Ijsvogel |
| English | Sacred Kingfisher |
| English (United States) | Sacred Kingfisher |
| French | Martin-chasseur sacré |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur sacré |
| German | Götzenliest |
| Indonesian | Cekakak australia |
| Japanese | ヒジリショウビン |
| Norwegian | maskaraisfugl |
| Polish | łowczyk czczony |
| Russian | Священная альциона |
| Serbian | Sveti vodomar |
| Slovak | rybárikovec posvätný |
| Spanish | Alción Sagrado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alción sagrado |
| Swedish | helig kungsfiskare |
| Thai | นกกินเปี้ยวท้องสีส้ม |
| Turkish | Kutsal Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Альціон священний |
Todiramphus sanctus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Halcyon sanctus
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (1), 15(1826), p.206.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New Holland = New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TODIRAMPHUS
- sanctus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Originally Appeared in
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- Migration
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- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Sacred Kingfisher