NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Halcyoninae
  Family - Alcedinidae
  Order - Coraciiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Halcyon coromanda
      Species - Halcyon badia
      Species - Halcyon smyrnensis
      Species - Halcyon pileata
      Species - Halcyon cyanoventris
      Species - Halcyon leucocephala
      Species - Halcyon senegalensis
      Species - Halcyon senegaloides
      Species - Halcyon malimbica
      Species - Halcyon albiventris
      Species - Halcyon chelicuti