NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Species

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met

Taxonomic Heirarchy

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

      Direct Children

      Subspecies - Halcyon leucocephala acteon
      Subspecies - Halcyon leucocephala hyacinthina
      Subspecies - Halcyon leucocephala leucocephala
      Subspecies - Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris
      Subspecies - Halcyon leucocephala semicaerulea