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Syma

Poole, Karen E.

EntityQ683652· pop 22· linked from 229 articles

Syma is a genus of tree kingfishers in the family Alcedinidae that are resident in New Guinea and northeast Australia.

In the Vinony graph

Within Vinony's link graph, Syma is referenced by 229 other articles, and connects out to Picinae, bird and Alcedinidae.

Vinony files it under Bird genera, Birds of New Guinea and Syma.

Its subject is documented across 22 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

KINGDOM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
Observations recorded3,012,139,120

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
27
With media
1
Family
Alcedinidae
Collections
ANWC, CLO, NHMUK, NMV, AM, SAMA
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea

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Syma
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Syma is a genus of tree kingfishers in the family Alcedinidae that are resident in New Guinea and northeast Australia.

The genus was introduced by the French surgeon and naturalist René Lesson in 1827. Syma was the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Syma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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