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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.[1] The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, now Alcedo atthis ispida).[2] Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".[3]
Species
The genus contains the following eight species:[4]
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Scientific name |
Common Name |
Distribution
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| File:Small Blue Kingfisher - Bali Barat MG 8808 (29543595122).jpg |
Alcedo coerulescens |
Cerulean kingfisher |
Indonesia.
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Alcedo euryzona |
Javan blue-banded kingfisher |
Java
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Alcedo peninsulae |
Malayan blue-banded kingfisher |
Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, southwestern Thailand and Borneo
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| File:Shining-blue Kingfisher - Kibale Uganda 06 4094 (16316147381).jpg |
Alcedo quadribrachys |
Shining-blue kingfisher |
Senegal and Gambia to west central Nigeria to Kenya, northwest Zambia and north Angola
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Alcedo meninting |
Blue-eared kingfisher |
Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia
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| File:♂ Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Photograph By Shantanu Kuveskar, Mangaon, Maharashtra, India.jpg |
Alcedo atthis |
Common kingfisher |
across Eurasia and North Africa
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Alcedo semitorquata |
Half-collared kingfisher |
southern and eastern Africa.
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| File:Blyth's Kingfisher - Rarest Kingfisher found in India.jpg |
Alcedo hercules |
Blyth's kingfisher |
China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Bhutan in northeastern India, and a vagrant in Bangladesh and eastern Nepal
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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.[5] 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.Template:Sfn The smallest species is the cerulean kingfisher which is around Template:Cvt in length;Template:Sfn much the largest is Blyth's kingfisher with a length of Template:Cvt.Template:Sfn
References
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Sources
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External links
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