Common kingfisher (redirect from Alcedo atthis)
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized...
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Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, now Alcedo atthis ispida). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher". The genus contains the...
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the kingfishers are named in this way. The etymology of kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is obscure; the term comes from "king's fisher", but why that name...
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Blue-eared kingfisher (redirect from Alcedo meninting)
underparts and lacking the rufous ear stripe of the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) which is found in more open habitats. A number of subspecies have been...
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haliaetus), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), and it is an important item in the diet of the globally threatened...
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Asia as far as Australia, with one species, the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also appearing in Europe and northern Asia. This group includes many...
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Cerulean kingfisher (redirect from Alcedo coerulescens)
blue kingfisher but in Indonesia and parts of Asia that name refers to Alcedo atthis (common kingfisher). The first formal description of the cerulean kingfisher...
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Blyth's kingfisher (redirect from Alcedo hercules)
distinguished from the similar blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) by its greater size, heavy black bill, and dark...
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shape and colour seem to point rather to a (Mediterranean) Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) for which, however, another name was in use: 'hn.t<y' (lit. 'the one...
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long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails. Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis (A) Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae...
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