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Kingfisher
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Alcedinidae
- Order: Coraciiformes
Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.
Kingfishers have three sub families:
- Alcedininae (River kingfishers or pygmy kingfishers)
Genera
+ Ispidina
+ Corythornis
+ Alcedo
+ Ceyx
- Halcyoninae (Tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers)
Genera
+ Actenoides
+ Caridonax
+ Cittura
+ Clytoceyx
+ Halcyon
+ Lacedo
+ Melidora
+ Pelargopsis
+ Tanysiptera
+ Dacelo
+ Syma
+ Todirhamphus- Cerylinae,also known as the cerylid kingfishers (Water kingfishers or Cerylinae)
Genera
+ Megaceryle
+ Ceryle
+ Chloroceryle -
Alcedo
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Alcedinidae
Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher (Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)
Atthis, a beautiful young woman of Lesbos, and favourite of Sappho.
2/ Blyth's kingfisher (Bồng chanh rừng, Alcedo hercules)
3/ Blue-eared kingfisher (Bói cá tai lam or tai xanh, Alcedo meninting) -
Ceyx
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Alcedinidae
Ceyx is an Old World genus of river kingfishers. These kingfishers are found from South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.
1/ Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher (Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)
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Halcyon
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Alcedinidae
Halcyon is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae.
1/ Black-capped kingfisher (Sả đầu đen, Halcyon pileata)
2/ White-throated kingfisher (Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis)
3/ Ruddy kingfisher (Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)
4/ Collared kingfisher(Sả khoang cổ, Todiramphus chloris), also white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher -
Lacedo
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Alcedinidae
Lacedo is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia.
1/ Banded kingfisher (Sả vằn, Lacedo pulchella)
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Pelargopsis
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Alcedinidae
Pelargopsis is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia.
1/ Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)