Halcyonidae
Translingual
editEtymology
editProper noun
editHalcyonidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Coraciiformes – the tree kingfishers.
Usage notes
edit- Sometimes considered a subfamily, as Halcyoninae.
Hyponyms
edit- (family): Actenoides, Caridonax, Cittura, Clytoceyx, Dacelo, Halcyon, Lacedo, Melidora, Pelargopsis, Syma, Tanysiptera, Todiramphus - genera