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Alcedo
Linnaeus, 1758
- little kingfisher
(bird)
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Entity:
Alcedininae (Subfamily)
..Ceyx (Genus)
..Alcedo (Genus) - little kingfisher
....Alcedo argentata (Species) - silvery kingfisher
....Alcedo atthis (Species) - common kingfisher
....Alcedo azurea (Species) - azure kingfisher
....Alcedo coerulescens (Species) - small blue kingfisher
....Alcedo cristata (Species) - malachite kingfisher
....Alcedo cyanopectus (Species)
....Alcedo euryzona (Species) - blue-banded kingfisher
....Alcedo hercules (Species) - Blyth's kingfisher
....Alcedo leucogaster (Species) - white-bellied kingfisher
....Alcedo meninting (Species) - blue-eared kingfisher
....Alcedo pusilla (Species) - little kingfisher
....Alcedo quadribrachys (Species) - shining-blue kingfisher
....Alcedo semitorquata (Species) - half-collared kingfisher
....Alcedo vintsioides (Species) - Madagascar kingfisher
....Alcedo websteri (Species) - Bismarck kingfisher
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 115.
Types
Type of
:
Alcedininae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1831
Variants
Different spelling
:
Alecedo
(Genus)
Homonyms
Anagram
:
Dacelo
(Genus)
Leach, 1815
Ref:
ICZN, 1999
: Art. 30.2.4 (Examples).
Synonyms
Including
:
Corythornis
(Genus)
Kaup, 1848
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
ijsvogels
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
little kingfisher
Ref:
1994
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