Buller / Keulemans · 1888
Sacred Kingfisher
Halcyon Swainson & Halcyon vagans & Vagans Partington
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01Sacred Kingfisher
Now treated at subspecies rank
The historical name connects to a presently accepted subspecies within a broader species account. Current services may therefore catalogue it at either rank.
Name recorded with the plateHalcyon vagans
Name used todayTodiramphus sanctus vagansSacred Kingfisher
What connects the names
The historical identification is now placed at subspecies rank within a broader accepted species.
Medium confidence: The identification is supported, but part of the connection depends on interpretation of a broader historical concept, locality or other contextual evidence.
The bird today
Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.
- Publication
- A history of the birds of New Zealand, Volume 1
- Plate
- 13
- Creator
- Walter L. Buller; plates principally by J. G. Keulemans, with uncoloured plates after P. J. Smit by E. Wilson
- Holding institution
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center
- Taxonomic authority
- AviList 2025
- Rights
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.