Alcedo
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Alcedo:
For the volcano, see Alcedo Volcano.
For the Peruvian composer, see José Bernardo Alcedo.
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)
- Malagasy 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)
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Description:
Size: small. Plumage: blue upper and rufous under parts; tail short. Other characters: bill laterally flattened, black; feed on small fish and aquatic insects.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:77
Specimens with Sequences:52
Specimens with Barcodes:52
Species:10
Species With Barcodes:7
Public Records:38
Public Species:6
Public BINs:5