Alcedo
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This article is about the kingfisher genus. For other uses, see Alcedo (disambiguation).
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]
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Alcedo | |
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Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Alcedininae |
Genus: | Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Alcedo ispida Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Phylogeny |
Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017)[1] |