
Poole, Karen E.
Syma
Sign in to saveSyma is a genus of tree kingfishers in the family Alcedinidae that are resident in New Guinea and northeast Australia.
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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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Collections
- ANWC, CLO, NHMUK, NMV, AM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
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- Syma torotoro.jpg
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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.