Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Halcyonidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Coraciiformes – the tree kingfishers.

Usage notes

• Sometimes considered a subfamily, as Halcyoninae.

Hyponyms

• (family): Actenoides, Caridonax, Cittura, Clytoceyx, Dacelo, Halcyon, Lacedo, Melidora, Pelargopsis, Syma, Tanysiptera, Todiramphus - genera