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Halcyon smyrnensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES CORACIIFORMES ALCEDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Halcyon smyrnensis
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English – White-breasted Kingfisher, White-throated Kingfisher

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2012
Assessor/s: BirdLife International
Reviewer/s: Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History:
2009 – Least Concern
2008 – Least Concern
2004 – Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Egypt; Hong Kong; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Kuwait; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Lebanon; Macao; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Philippines; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Syrian Arab Republic; Thailand; Turkey; United Arab Emirates; Viet Nam
Vagrant:
Bulgaria; Cyprus; Greece; Qatar; Taiwan, Province of China
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Population [top]

Population: The global population size has not been quantified, though in Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 90-170 breeding pairs, equating to 270-510 individuals (BirdLife International 2004), with Europe forming <5% of the global range. National population sizes have been estimated at c.100-100,000 breeding pairs in China and < c.100 breeding pairs in Taiwan (Brazil 2009).
Population Trend: Increasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

Bibliography [top]

BirdLife International. 2004. Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.

IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012).
Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Halcyon smyrnensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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