- Source: Alcedo
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. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, now Alcedo atthis ispida). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".
Species
The genus contains the following eight species:
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. 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. The smallest species is the cerulean kingfisher which is around 13 cm (5.1 in) in length; much the largest is Blyth's kingfisher with a length of 22 cm (8.7 in).
References
Sources
Fry, C. Hilary; Fry, Kathie; Harris, Alan (1992). Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 978-0-7136-8028-7.
External links
Media related to Alcedo at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Alcedo at Wikispecies
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Raja-udang biru
- Raja-udang kecil
- Raja-udang kalung-biru jawa
- Onthophagus alcedo
- Raja-udang meninting
- Raja-udang eurasia
- Raja udang biru langit
- Burung cekakak Príncipe
- Cekakak-kerdil madagaskar
- Cekakak kerdil
- Alcedo
- Common kingfisher
- José Bernardo Alzedo
- USS Alcedo
- Malachite kingfisher
- Alcedo (disambiguation)
- Alcedo, Álava
- Spicara smaris
- Coreura alcedo
- River kingfisher
