Ispidina

Taxobox
name = "Ispidina"


image_caption = African Pygmy Kingfisher
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Alcedinidae
genus = "Ispidina"
genus_authority = Cassin, 1856
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "I. madagascariensis "
"I. picta"
"I. lecontei "

"Ispidina" is a genus of very small insectivorous African water kingfishers. Its members are often absorbed into "Ceyx" [http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=554570] .They are:
* Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher, "Ispidina madagascariensis"
* African Pygmy Kingfisher, "Ispidina picta"
* Dwarf Kingfisher, "Ispidina lecontei"

References

* Fry, Fry and Harris, "Kingfishers, Bee-eaters and Rollers" ISBN 0-7136-1410-8