Alcedo

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Coraciiformes
Familia: Alcedinidae
Subfamilia: Alcedininae
Genus: Alcedo
Species: A. argentata - A. atthis - A. azurea - A. coerulescens - A. cristata - A. cyanopecta - A. euryzona - A. hercules - A. leucogaster - A. meninting - A. pusilla - A. quadribrachys - A. semitorquata - A. vintsioides - A. websteri

Name

Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758

Reference

Systema Naturae ed.10 p.115

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Alcedo is a genus of birds in the Alcedinidae 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)
* Cerulean Kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens)
* Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)