Ceyx | |
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Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Coraciiformes |
Family | Alcedinidae Alcedininae |
Genus | Ceyx |
Ceyx is an Old World genus of river kingfishers. The genus has a number of species, found from Southeast Asia to the Solomon Islands. The two African species in the genus Ispidina are sometimes placed in this genus. Compared to the related species in the genus Alcedo they are more terrestrial
Species[]
Azure Kingfisher (Latham, 1801) (Ceyx azureus) Southern Silvery Kingfisher (Tweeddale, 1877) (Ceyx argentatus) Buru Dwarf Kingfisher (Wallace, 1863) (Ceyx cajeli) New Georgia Dwarf Kingfisher (Rothschild & Hartert, 1901) (Ceyx collectoris) Indigo-banded Kingfisher (Lafresnaye, 1840) (Ceyx cynopectus) Manus Dwarf Kingfisher (Rothschild & Hartert, 1914) (Ceyx dispar) Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Linnaeus, 1758) (Ceyx erithaca) Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher (Schlegel, 1866) (Ceyx fallax) Northern Silvery Kingfisher (Steere, 1890) (Ceyx flumenicola) Makira Dwarf Kingfisher (Tristram, 1879) (Ceyx gentianus) Moluccan Dwarf Kingfisher (Temminck, 1836) (Ceyx lepidus) Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher (Mayr, 1935) (Ceyx malaitae) Dimorphic Dwarf Kingfisher (W Blasius, 1890) (Ceyx margarethae) North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher (Rothschild, 1901) (Ceyx meeki) Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (Kaup, 1848) (Ceyx melanurus) New Ireland Dwarf Kingfisher (Rothschild & Hartert, 1914) (Ceyx mulcatus) Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) (Ceyx nigromaxilla) Little Kingfisher (Temminck, 1836) (Ceyx pusillus) New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher (EP Ramsay, 1882) (Ceyx sacerdotis) Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher (Temminck, 1836) (Ceyx solitarius) Sula Dwarf Kingfisher (Sharpe, 1868) (Ceyx wallacii) Bismarck Kingfisher (Hartert, 1898) (Ceyx websteri)