Brown-breasted kingfisher explained

The brown-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon gularis) is a tree kingfisher endemic to the Philippines, where it is widely distributed. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range.

It was previously considered a subspecies of the white-throated kingfisher (H. smyrnensis), but was split as a distinct species by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International in 2014, and the International Ornithological Congress followed suit in 2022.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: IOC World Bird List 12.1. 2022-01-29. IOC World Bird List Datasets. en-US. 10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1.
  2. Collar. Nigel J.. 2011. Species limits in some Philippine birds including the Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus. Forktail. 27. 29–38.

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