Alcedo
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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
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.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The smallest species is the cerulean kingfisher which is around Template:Cvt in length;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". much the largest is Blyth's kingfisher with a length of Template:Cvt.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
References
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Sources
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