Alcedo
For the volcano, see Alcedo Volcano.
For the Peruvian composer, see José Bernardo Alcedo.
| Alcedo | |
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| Madagascar kingfisher | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Genus: | Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Species | |
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Alcedo is a genus of birds in the Alcedinidae family.
It contains the following species:
- Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
- Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Half-collared kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata)
- Shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys)
- Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
- Azure kingfisher (Alcedo azurea)
- Bismarck kingfisher (Alcedo websteri)
- Blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)
- Indigo-banded kingfisher (Alcedo cyanopectus)
- Silvery kingfisher (Alcedo argentata)
- Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)
- Malagasy kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides)
- São Tomé kingfisher (Alcedo thomensis)
- Príncipe kingfisher (Alcedo nais)
- White-bellied kingfisher (Alcedo leucogaster)
- Cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens)
- Little kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)