Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Halcyon [smyrnensis or gularis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Arabic: القرلى أبيض الصدر, صياد السمك أبيض الصدر
Azerbaijani: Qırmızıdimdik balıqcıl, Qırmızıdimdik balıqçıl
Bulgarian: Белогръдо земеродно рибарче
Bengali: ধরাগরা ভাছযাঙা , ধলাগলা মাছরাঙা
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāgalā mācharāṅā
Catalan: Alció d'Esmirna
Montenegrin: bjelogrudi vodomar, бјелогруди водомар
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): бјелогруди водомар
Czech: ledňáček hnědohlavý
Danish: Smyrnaisfugl
German: Braunliest
Greek: Σμυρναλκυόνη
Greek (Cypriot): Σμυρνονέρουππος
English: Smyrna Kingfisher, White-breasted Kingfisher, White-throated Kingfisher
English, HBW: White-breasted Kingfisher
English (IOC): White-throated Kingfisher (White-throated)
English (Philippines): Smyrna Kingfisher
English (United States): White-throated Kingfisher
Esperanto: Blankgorĝa arbalciono
Spanish: Alción de Esmirna, Alción Filipino
Spanish (Spain): Alción de Esmirna, Alción Filipino
Spanish (HBW): Alción filipino
Estonian: ruske-safiirlind
Persian: ماهی ‌خورک سینه‌ سفید, ماهی‌خورک سینه‌سفید
Finnish: smyrnankalastaja
French: Martin-chasseur de Smyrne, Martin-chasseur de Smyrne (smyrnensis)
Friulian: plombin dal cuel blanc
Hebrew: לבן חזה, שלדג לבן חזה, שלדג לבן-חזה
Hindi: Meenkotti
Croatian: Bjeloprsi vodomar
Hungarian: barna halkapó
Indonesian: Burung Cekakak Belukar, Cekakak Belukar
Icelandic: Tyrkjaþyrill
Italian: Martin pescatore di Smirne
Japanese (romaji): ao shōbin, aoshoubin
Japanese: アオショウビン
Japanese (Kanji): 青翡翠
Kazakh: қызыл тұмсықты көкқұс
Scientific: Alcedo smyrnensis, Halcyon smyrnensis, Halcyon smyrnensis smyrnensis
Lithuanian: Raudonsnapis halcionas
Latvian: baltkrūšu dzenītis
Malayalam: മീൻകൊത്തിച്ചാത്തൻ, മീന്‍കൊത്തി ചാത്തന്‍ 
Marathi: खंड्या
Malay: Burung Pekaka Belukar, Burung Pekaka Dada Putih, Burung Pekaka Dusun
Nepali: सेतोकण्ठे माटीकोरे
Dutch: Smyrnaijsvogel, Smyrna-ijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kastanjeisfugl
Norwegian: Kastanjeisfugl
Polish: lowiec krasnodzioby, łowiec krasnodzioby
Pinyin: bái-xiōng fěicuì, bái-xiōng yú-gǒu, cāng fěicuì, cāng-fěi-niǎo, cuì-bì-niǎo, cuì-máo-niǎo, yú-gǒu, yú-hǔ
Portuguese: Guarda-rios-de-papo-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): Guarda-rios-de-papo-branco, guarda-rios-de-peito-branco
Russian: Зимородок красноносый, Красноклювая альциона, Красноносый зимородок
Northern Sami: Smyrnafiskár
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Layasudu Madi-pilihuduwa
Slovak: rybárikovec hnedohlavý
Slovenian: izmirski gozdomec
Serbian: Belogrudi vodomar
Swedish: Smyrnakungsfiskare, smyrnakungsfiskare (smyrnensis)
Tamil: Venthondai Meenkothi
Thai: นกกระเต็นอกขาว, นกกะเต็นอกขาว, นกกินปลาอกขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-ten òk-kʰăaw, nók kin-plaa òk-kʰăaw, nók krà-ten òk-kʰăaw
Turkish: izmir Yalıçapkını, İzmir Yalıçapkını
Ukrainian: Альціон білогрудий
Vietnamese: Chim Sả đầu nâu, Sả đầu nâu
Kalmyk: улан хамрта чонкуш
Chinese: 白胸翡翠, 白胸鱼狗, 翠毛鸟, 翠碧鸟, 苍翡鸟, 鱼狗, 鱼虎
Chinese (Traditional): 白胸翡翠, 白胸魚狗, 翠毛鳥, 翠碧鳥, 蒼翡翠, 蒼翡鳥, 魚狗, 魚虎
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 蒼翡翠
Chinese (Taiwan): 苍翡翠