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Where does the White-throated Kingfisher live?

Halcyon smyrnensis has 1,363,084 records in 44 countries and territories, from 1828 to 2026. Most records come from India.

White-throated Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCoraciiformesAlcedinidaeHalcyon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: February. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
India 1,026,490
Israel 81,565
Thailand 53,302
Sri Lanka 50,036
Singapore 23,437
Malaysia 22,648
Nepal 21,562
Taiwan 14,770
Hong Kong 12,586
Bangladesh 11,050
Vietnam 6,566
China 6,526
Cambodia 4,922
Türkiye 3,812
Kuwait 3,736
Pakistan 3,079
Myanmar 2,808
Bhutan 2,783
Indonesia 2,455
Palestine 2,279
Egypt 1,929
Iran 1,557
Jordan 925
Macao 632
Iraq 487
Saudi Arabia 413
Laos 370
Lebanon 100
Philippines 81
United Arab Emirates 69
Cyprus 53
Afghanistan 15
Oman 12
Greece 8
Syria 7
Bulgaria 3
United States 3
Denmark 2
Bahrain 1
Ghana 1

Showing the top 40 of 44 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.