IRMNG - Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1008367 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1008367)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alcedinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Alcyon Blumenbach, 1803 · unaccepted

Calcedo Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1850 · unaccepted

Halcedo Burmeister, 1837 · unaccepted

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Species Alcedo argentata Tweeddale, 1877
Species Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Alcedo azurea Latham, 1802
Species Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot, 1818
Species Alcedo cristata Pallas, 1764
Species Alcedo cyanopecta Lafresnaye, 1840
Species Alcedo euryzona Temminck, 1830
Species Alcedo hercules Laubmann, 1917
Species Alcedo leucogaster (Fraser, 1843)
Species Alcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821
Species Alcedo nais Kaup, 1848
Species Alcedo pusilla Temminck, 1836
Species Alcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850
Species Alcedo semitorquata Swainson, 1823
Species Alcedo thomensis (Salvadori, 1902)
Species Alcedo vintsioides Eydoux & Gervais, 1836
Species Alcedo websteri (Hartert, 1898)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 115 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1008367 on 2024-11-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 115 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Alcyon Blumenbach, 1803) Man. Hist. Nat., 1
page(s): 207 [details]

original description (of Halcedo Burmeister, 1837) Handb. Nat., (2
page(s): 760 [details]

original description (of Calcedo Temminck & Schlegel in Siebold, 1850) in Siebold, F. Japon. (Aves), tab
page(s): 38 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006) [details]

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