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Kingfisher

  • Alcedinidae

    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

    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

    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)

  • Kingfisher, Alcedinidae, Halcyon, Ho Boi Ca (Bong Chanh)

    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

    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)

  • Pelargopsis

    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)

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