= Alcedo smyrnensis Linnaeus, 1758
kingdom: Animalia >
phylum: Chordata >
subphylum: Vertebrata >
infraphylum: Gnathostomata >
parvphylum: Osteichthyes >
megaclass: Tetrapoda >
class: Aves >
order: Coraciiformes >
family: Alcedinidae >
subfamily: Halcyoninae >
genus: Halcyon Swainson, 1821 >
species: Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) >
Africa , Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) , Southern Asia