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Alcedo
Sign in to saveAlcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. The genus was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".
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Alcedo is a genus of birds within the family Alcedinidae. It belongs to the order Coraciiformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted in taxonomic records. Its habitat is identified as freshwater.
Records for this taxon are held by institutions including FMNH, UMZC, DMNH, NHMUK, and GNM. Documented occurrences span countries such as the Philippines, Mocambique [Mozambique], South Africa, India, and Guyane FrançAise. The taxon has 2,644,429 occurrence records and 33 iDigBio records, with 61 associated media items. It is distinct from Alcedo Volcano.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCoraciiformes
- FamilyAlcedinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 61
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Collections
- FMNH, UMZC, DMNH, NHMUK, GNM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Mocambique [Mozambique], South Africa, India, Guyane FrançAise, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, IndonéSie, Ghana
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Alcedinidae
- Image
- European Kingfisher at Mesologgi, by Antonis Tsaknakis.jpg
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- taxon name
- Alcedo
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- Alcedo
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- Category:Alcedo
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- Alcedo
- different from
- Alcedo Volcano
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Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. The genus was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".
==Species== The genus contains the following eight species: {| class="wikitable " |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- |120px||Alcedo coerulescens||Cerulean kingfisher || Indonesia. |- |||Alcedo euryzona|| Javan blue-banded kingfisher || Java |- |120px||Alcedo peninsulae|| Malaysian blue-banded kingfisher || Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, southwestern Thailand and Borneo |- |120px||Alcedo quadribrachys ||Shining-blue kingfisher || Senegal and Gambia to west central Nigeria to Kenya, northwest Zambia and north Angola |- |120px||Alcedo meninting||Blue-eared kingfisher|| Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia |- |120px||Alcedo atthis || Common kingfisher || across Eurasia and North Africa |- |120px||Alcedo semitorquata|| Half-collared kingfisher|| southern and eastern Africa. |- |120px||Alcedo hercules||Blyth's kingfisher || China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bhutan in northeastern India, and a vagrant in Bangladesh and eastern Nepal |- |}
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