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Alcedo (Kingfisher)

Synonyms: Alcyon; Calcedo; Halcedo

Wikipedia Abstract

Alcedo is a genus of birds in the family Alcedinidae. The genus was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher". The genus contains the following species:
View Wikipedia Record: Alcedo

Species

Alcedo albogularis
Alcedo atricapilla
Alcedo atthis (Common Kingfisher) (Attributes)
Alcedo bicolor
Alcedo brasiliensis
Alcedo caerulea
Alcedo caeruleocephala
Alcedo cayennensis
Alcedo chlorocephala
Alcedo coerulescens (Cerulean Kingfisher) (Attributes)
Alcedo euryzona (Blue-banded Kingfisher) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Alcedo flavicans
Alcedo galbula
Alcedo gigantea
Alcedo grandis
Alcedo hercules (Blyth's Kingfisher) (Attributes)
Alcedo leucorhyncha
Alcedo maculata
Alcedo maxima
Alcedo meninting (Blue-eared Kingfisher) (Attributes)
Alcedo moluccana
Alcedo novae-guineae
Alcedo orientalis
Alcedo purpurea
Alcedo quadribrachys (Shining-blue Kingfisher) (Attributes)
Alcedo semitorquata (Half-collared Kingfisher) (Attributes)
Alcedo surinamensis
Alcedo tridactyla

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0