Halcyon

**Halcyon**
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Common name
	العربية: قيون; مصرى: قاوند ازرق; Kotava: Asutez; فارسی: ماهی‌خورک‌های درختی; suomi: Jäälintu; עברית: שלדג עצים; Bahasa Indonesia: Halkyon; Ido: Alciono; ქართული: ალციონა; 한국어: 호반새속; русский: Зимородки-альционы; தமிழ்: கால்சியோன்; українська: Альціон; 中文: 翡翠属;
Taxonomy
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Coraciimorphae
Order	Coraciiformes
Suborder	Alcedines
Family	Alcedinidae
Subfamily	Halcyoninae
Genus	Halcyon
Taxon author	William John Swainson, 1821
Authority file
	Q371767; Library of Congress authority ID: sh90005380; J9U ID: 987007539318305171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 170865; ITIS TSN: 178121; Fossilworks taxon ID: 370571; GBIF taxon ID: 2475567; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 206709; Fauna Europaea ID: 97079; New Zealand Organisms Register ID: 70a46465-e68e-4d86-b2f8-5987ec19989d; iNaturalist taxon ID: 2315; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000533343; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 91300; ADW taxon ID: Halcyon
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Coraciiformes • Familia: Alcedinidae • Subfamilia: Halcyoninae • Genus: Halcyon Swainson, 1821

Vernacular names

русский: Зимородки-альционы
中文: 翡翠属

Included species (for IOC classification 2.6):

H. albiventris, H. badia, H. chelicuti, H. coromanda, H. cyanoventris, H. leucocephala, H. malimbica, H. pileata, H. senegalensis, H. senegaloides, H. smyrnensis