Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Scientific name definitions
- VU Vulnerable
- Names (28)
- Monotypic
P. F. Woodall and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 20, 2013
Text last updated March 20, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | alció encaputxat |
| Chinese | 黑頭翡翠 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 蓝翡翠 |
| Czech | ledňáček černohlavý |
| Dutch | Zwartkapijsvogel |
| English | Black-capped Kingfisher |
| English (United States) | Black-capped Kingfisher |
| French | Martin-chasseur à coiffe noire |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur à coiffe noire |
| German | Kappenliest |
| Icelandic | Hettuþyrill |
| Indonesian | Cekakak cina |
| Japanese | ヤマショウビン |
| Kannada | ಕರಿತಲೆ ಮಿಂಚುಳ್ಳಿ |
| Korean | 청호반새 |
| Malayalam | കരിന്തലയൻ മീൻകൊത്തി |
| Mongolian | Хар магнайт халуу |
| Norwegian | svarthetteisfugl |
| Polish | łowiec czarnogłowy |
| Russian | Ошейниковый зимородок |
| Serbian | Crnokapi vodomar |
| Slovak | rybárikovec stromový |
| Spanish | Alción Capirotado |
| Spanish (Spain) | Alción capirotado |
| Swedish | svarthuvad kungsfiskare |
| Thai | นกกระเต็นหัวดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Başlıklı Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Альціон чорноголовий |
Halcyon pileata (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Alcedo pileata
Boddaert, 1783. Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton, p.41.
TYPE LOCALITY:
China, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 673.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- HALCYON
- pileata / pileatum / pileatus
- Pileata
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black-capped Kingfisher
