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Megaceryle alcyon
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- belted kingfisher
(bird)
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Megaceryle (Genus)
..Megaceryle lugubris (Species) - crested kingfisher
..Megaceryle maxima (Species) - giant kingfisher
..Megaceryle torquata (Species) - ringed kingfisher
..Megaceryle alcyon (Species) - belted kingfisher
....Megaceryle alcyon alcyon (Subspecies)
....Megaceryle alcyon caurina (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 115-116.
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:
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:
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:
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Megaceryle alcyon alcyon
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Combinations
Basionym
:
Alcedo alcyon
Linnaeus, 1758
Different combination
:
Ceryle alcyon
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
bandijsvogel
Ref:
C.M. Perrins (ed.), 1991 (1990)
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
belted kingfisher
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