Syma

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Syma torotoro.jpg

| image_caption = Yellow-billed kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

| type_species = Syma torotoro{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=86 |title= Alcedinidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-25}}

| type_species_authority = Lesson, 1827

| taxon = Syma

| authority = Lesson, 1827

}}

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.{{ cite journal | last=Lesson | first=René | author-link=René Lesson | year=1827 | title=Nouveau gendre d'oiseau | journal=Bulletin Universel des Sciences et de l'Industrie | volume=11 | language=French | page=443 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4828758 }} Syma was the name of a sea nymph in Greek mythology.{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url=https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn= 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=[https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n376 376] }}

The genus contains two species:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | year=2017 | title=Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers | work=World Bird List Version 7.2 | url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/rollers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=17 May 2017 }}

{{Species table |genus= Syma |authority-name=Lesson|authority-year= 1827 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Mountain kingfisher |binomial=Syma megarhyncha

|image=File:Syma megarhyncha 218218377 (cropped).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Salvadori|authority-year= 1896 |authority-not-original=

|range= New Guinea

|range-image=File:Syma megarhyncha map.svg

|range-image-size=180px

|size=Males weighing {{convert|52-60|g|oz|abbr=on}} and females weighing {{convert|49-63|g|oz|abbr=on}}. Adults are between {{convert|21-24|cm|in|abbr=on}} in length.

|habitat=

|hunting=

|iucn-status= LC

|population=

|direction=

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on

| S. m. megarhyncha Salvadori, 1896

| S. m. sellamontis Reichenow, 1919

}}

}}

{{Species table/row

|name=Yellow-billed kingfisher |binomial=Syma torotoro

|image=File:Yellow-billed Kingfisher (2885655466).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=

|authority-name=Lesson|authority-year=1827 |authority-not-original=

|range= New Guinea and northern Cape York Peninsula in Australia

|range-image=

|range-image-size=180px

|size={{cvt|20|cm}} long, with a wingspan of {{cvt|29|cm}}, and it weighs {{cvt|30-50|g}}

|habitat=

|hunting=

|iucn-status= LC

|population=

|direction=

|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on

|S. t. torotoro (Lesson, 1827)

|S. t. flavirostris (Gould, 1850)

|S. t. ochracea (Rothschild and Hartert, 1901)

}}

}}

{{Species table/end}}

The adults of both species have bright yellow bills. The mountain kingfisher is endemic to the mountainous regions of New Guinea. The yellow-billed kingfisher occurs in lowland areas of New Guinea and on the Cape York Peninsula in north eastern Australia.{{cite book | last1=Fry | first1=C. Hilary| last2=Fry | first2=Kathie| last3=Harris | first3=Alan | year=1992 | title=Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers| publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-0-7136-8028-7 | pages=171–174 }}