Alcedo | |
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Coraciiformes Alcedines |
Family | Alcedinidae Alcedininae |
Genus | Alcedo |
Alcedo is a genus of kingfishers in the Alcedinidae family.
Species[]
It contains the following species:
Common Kingfisher (Linnaeus, 1758) (Alcedo atthis) Cerulean Kingfisher (Vieillot, 1818) (Alcedo coerulescens) Blue-banded Kingfisher (Temminck, 1830) (Alcedo euryzona) Blyth's Kingfisher (Laubmann, 1917) (Alcedo hercules) Blue-eared Kingfisher (Horsfield, 1821) (Alcedo meninting) Shining-blue Kingfisher (Bonaparte, 1850) (Alcedo quadribrachys) Half-collared Kingfisher (Swainson, 1823) (Alcedo semitorquata)