Alcedo
| Alcedo | |
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| Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcedininae |
| Genus: | Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Alcedo ispida Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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| Phylogeny |
| Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017)[1] |
Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. The genus was introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae.[2] The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, now Alcedo atthis ispida).[3] Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".[4]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains the following eight species:[5]
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Unlike many kingfishers, all members of Alcedo are specialist fish-eaters. They all have some blue feathers on their upper-parts and most species have a black bill.[6] Except for the cerulean kingfisher they all have some rufous in their plumage. The female generally has more red on the lower mandible than the male.[7] The smallest species is the cerulean kingfisher which is around 13 cm (5.1 in) in length;[8] much the largest is Blyth's kingfisher with a length of 22 cm (8.7 in).[9]
References
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- ^ Fry, Fry & Harris 1992, pp. 223–224.
Sources
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External links
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