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Alcedo
Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. The genus was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species
Common Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo atthis
Blue-eared Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo meninting
Half-collared Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo semitorquata
Small Blue Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo coerulescens
Shining-blue Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo quadribrachys
Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo peninsulae
Blyth's Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo hercules
Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher
speciesAlcedo euryzona
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.204
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.131
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.129
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2561.