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Halcyoninae
The tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers or Halcyoninae, are the most numerous of the three subfamilies of birds in the kingfisher family, with around 70 species divided into 12 genera, including several species of kookaburras. The subfamily appears to have arisen in Indochina and Maritime Southeast Asia and then spread to many areas around the world. Tree kingfishers are widespread through Asia and Australasia, but also appear in Africa and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, using a range of habitats from tropical rainforest to open woodlands. The tree kingfishers are short-tailed, large-headed, compact birds with long, pointed bills. Like other Coraciiformes, they are brightly coloured. Most are monogamous and territorial, nesting in holes in trees or termite nests. Both parents incubate the eggs and feed the chicks. Although some tree kingfishers frequent wetlands, none are specialist fish-eaters. Most species dive onto prey from a perch, mainly taking s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingfisher
Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species living in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, but also can be found in Europe and the Americas. They can be found in deep forests near calm ponds and small rivers. The family contains 118 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera. All kingfishers have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with only small differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey, usually caught by swooping down from a perch. While kingfishers are usually thought to live near rivers and eat fish, many species live away from water and eat small invertebrates. Like other members of their order, they nest in cavit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hook-billed Kingfisher
The hook-billed kingfisher (''Melidora macrorrhina'') is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae that is resident in the lowland forested areas of New Guinea and some of the nearby islands. It is the only member of the genus ''Melidora''. Taxonomy The first formal description of the hook-billed kingfisher was by the French surgeon and naturalist René Lesson in 1827 under the binomial name ''Dacelo macrorrhina''. The hook-billed kingfisher is now the only species placed within the genus ''Melidora'' which was introduced by Lesson in 1830. The title page has the year 1831. The name of the genus probably comes from the classical Greek ''mēlis'' for "yellow" and ''doru'' for "spear". The specific epithet ''macrorrhina'' is from the classical Greek ''makros'' for "long" and ''rhis'' for "nose". There are three subspecies: * ''M. m. waigiuensis'' Hartert, 1930 – Waigeo Island * ''M. m. macrorrhina'' (Lesson, R, 1827) – west, central, and east New Guinea, Misool and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todiramphus
''Todiramphus'' is a genus of kingfishers in the subfamily Halcyoninae that are endemic to the Philippines, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and many islands in the South Pacific. Taxonomy The genus was introduced by the French surgeon and naturalist René Lesson in 1827. The name is often spelt ''Todirhamphus'' (with ''rh''), but ''Todiramphus'' is the original valid spelling. The name literally means "tody-bill"; tody is a relative of the kingfishers with a similar slender long bill, and the Greek ' () means "beak" or "bill". In 1945 James Peters in his ''Check-list of Birds of the World'' placed these species in an enlarged genus '' Halcyon''. Hilary Fry did the same in his 1992 monograph on kingfishers, but in 2001 Peter Woodall in the ''Handbook of the Birds of the World'' chose to place these Pacific flat-billed species in the resurrected genus ''Todiramphus''. This decision was vindicated by a molecular study published in 2006 that found that the enlarged ''Halcyon'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actenoides
''Actenoides'' is a genus of kingfishers in the subfamily Halcyoninae. The genus ''Actenoides'' was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The type species is Hombron's kingfisher (''Actenoides hombroni''). The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek ' for "beam" or "brightness" and ' for "resembling". A molecular study published in 2017 found that the genus ''Actenoides'', as currently defined, is paraphyletic. The glittering kingfisher in the monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ... genus ''Caridonax'' is a member of the clade containing the species in the genus ''Actenoides''. Species The genus contains the following species: References Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridonax
The white-rumped kingfisher or glittering kingfisher (''Caridonax fulgidus'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Caridonax''. It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is .... Description It is dark blue all over, except its underside and rump, which are white. It has a red bill and feet. Its eyes are dark brown. References White-rumped kingfisher Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands Flores Island (Indonesia) Endemic birds of Indonesia White-rumped kingfisher Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Coraciiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halcyon (genus)
''Halcyon'' () is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae. Taxonomy The genus ''Halcyon'' was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William Swainson in 1821. He named the type species as the woodland kingfisher (''Halcyon senegalensis''). "Alcyone, Halcyon" is a name for a bird in Greece, Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. There was an ancient belief that the bird nested on the sea, which it calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest. Two weeks of calm weather were therefore expected around the winter solstice. This myth leads to the use of halcyon as a term for peace or calmness. The genus contains 12 species: However, other sources, including Fry & Fry, lump the genera ''Pelargopsis'', ''Syma'' and ''Todirhamphus'' into ''Halcyon'' to make a much larger grouping. Geographic distribution The genus ''Halcyon'' in the current sense consists mainly of species resident in Sahara Desert, sub-Sahara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banded Kingfisher
The banded kingfisher (''Lacedo pulchella'') is a tree kingfisher found in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia. It is the only member of the genus ''Lacedo''. Male and female adults are very different in plumage. The male has a bright blue crown with black and blue banding on the back. The female has rufous and black banding on the head and upperparts. Taxonomy The first formal description of the species was by the American naturalist Thomas Horsfield in 1821 under the binomial name ''Dacelo pulchella''. The current genus ''Lacedo'' was introduced by the German ornithologist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1851. The word ''Lacedo'' is an anagram of ''Alcedo'', the Latin word for kingfisher. The specific name ''pulchella'' is Latin for "very pretty". There are three subspecies: *''L. p. pulchella'', the nominate race, breeds in Malaysia south of 7°N and on the islands of Sumatra and Java. *''L. p. amabilis'' breeds from northern Malaysia northwards. It is slightly larger than the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glittering Kingfisher
The white-rumped kingfisher or glittering kingfisher (''Caridonax fulgidus'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Caridonax''. It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures lapse rate, fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is .... Description It is dark blue all over, except its underside and rump, which are white. It has a red bill and feet. Its eyes are dark brown. References White-rumped kingfisher Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands Flores Island (Indonesia) Endemic birds of Indonesia White-rumped kingfisher Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Coraciiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodland Kingfisher
The woodland kingfisher (''Halcyon senegalensis'') is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. Taxonomy The Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus included the woodland kingfisher with the binomial nomenclature, binomial name ''Alcedo senegalensis'' in the 12th edition of Systema Naturae, twelfth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' which was published in 1766. Linnaeus based his Species description, formal description on "Le Grand Martin-Pescher du Sénégal" that the French naturalist Mathurin Jacques Brisson had described and illustrated in 1760. The current genus ''Halcyon'' was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William Swainson in 1821, with the woodland kingfisher as the type species. Three subspecies are recognised: * ''H. s. fuscopileus'' Anton Reichenow, Reichenow, 1906 – Sierra Leone to south Nigeria and south to DR Congo and north Angola * ''H. s. senegalensis'' (Linnaeus, 1766) – Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and north ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanysiptera
The paradise kingfishers (genus ''Tanysiptera'') are a group of tree kingfishers endemic to New Guinea — with the exception of two species also present in the Moluccas and Queensland. The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825. The type species is the common paradise kingfisher. The name ''Tanysiptera'' is from classical Greek ''tanusipteros'' meaning "long-feathered". The birds in the genus have distinctive long tail streamers. Habitat and distribution The centre of paradise kingfishers is New Guinea: Several species occur on this 786,000 km2 large island. In addition, there are several island endemisms that occur on islands of the Moluccas and the Louisiade Archipelago. Most paradise kingfishers are resident birds. The buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, which also occurs in the extreme northeast of Australia, moves to New Guinea in the winter half-year. The common paradise kingfisher has the biggest spread among the paradisiacis bird ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cittura
Lilac kingfishers are kingfishers in the genus ''Cittura'', found in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands. Taxonomy The genus ''Cittura'' was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848. The genus name is from classical Greek ''kitta'' for "magpie" and ''oura'' for "tail". There are two species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...: References {{Taxonbar, from=Q10748935 Cittura Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup Endemic birds of Indonesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
