- Alcedo
Taxobox
name = "Alcedo"
image_caption =Madagascar Kingfisher
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Coraciiformes
familia =Alcedinidae
genus = "Alcedo"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =see text"Alcedo" is a genus of
bird s in theAlcedinidae 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")
*Madagascar Kingfisher ("Alcedo vintsioides")
*São Tomé Kingfisher ("Alcedo thomensis")
*Príncipe Kingfisher ("Alcedo nais")
*White-bellied Kingfisher ("Alcedo leucogaster")
*Small Blue Kingfisher ("Alcedo coerulescens")
*Little Kingfisher ("Alcedo pusilla")
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