IRMNG - Alcedinidae Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG taxon details

Alcedinidae Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG_ID

107493 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:107493)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Coraciiformes

Synonymised names

Cerylidae Reichenbach, 1851 · unaccepted

Direct children (26)

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Genus Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Alcyone Swainson, 1837
Genus Ceryle Boie, 1828
Genus Ceyx de Lacepède, 1799
Genus Chloroceryle Kaup, 1848
Genus Corythornis Kaup, 1848
Genus Halcyon Swainson, 1821
Genus Ispidina Kaup, 1848
Genus Megaceryle Kaup, 1848
Genus Micralcyone Mathews, 1912
Genus Todiramphus Lesson, 1827
Genus Streptoceryle Bonaparte, 1854, nom. nud. accepted as Megaceryle Kaup, 1848 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Genus Alcyon Blumenbach, 1803 accepted as Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Calcedo Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1850 accepted as Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Ceix Fischer, 1803 accepted as Ceyx de Lacepède, 1799
Genus Cerile Selys, 1857 accepted as Ceryle Boie, 1828
Genus Ceux Müller in Temminck, 1847 accepted as Ceyx de Lacepède, 1799
Genus Halcedo Burmeister, 1837 accepted as Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Ipsidina Kaup, 1848 accepted as Ispidina Kaup, 1848
Genus Myioceyx Sharpe, 1871 accepted as Ceyx de Lacepède, 1799
Genus Myoceyx Murie, 1872 accepted as Ceyx de Lacepède, 1799
Genus Streptoceryle Bonaparte, 1854 accepted as Megaceryle Kaup, 1848 (synonym)
Genus Ceycopsis Salvadori, 1869 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Monachalcyon Reichenbach, 1851 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Sauromarptis Cabanis & Heine, 1860 (uncertain, unassessed)
Genus Sauropatis Cabanis & Heine, 1860 (uncertain, unassessed)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Alcedinidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107493 on 2024-12-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Parker 82, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Aves (Class) > Neornithes (Subclass) > Neognathae (Superorder) > Coraciiformes (Order) > Alcedinidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info River Kingfishers. Includes marine genera (Aphia 2006) [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Cerylidae Reichenbach, 1851)