Taxonomy chapter for Kingfisher, belted (040220)
Phylum
Chordata
Subphylum
Vertebrata
Class
Aves
Subclass
N/A
Species Order
Coraciiformes
Species Suborder
N/A
Family
Alcedinidae
SubFamily
N/A
Genus
Megaceryle
Species
alcyon
Subspecies
N/A
Authority
(Linnaeus, 1758)
ITIS-TSN
178106
Taxonomy Comments
Also called halcyon kingfisher *607*, lazy-bird *1504* On 1/9/2020, the Genus was updated from Ceryle to Megaceryle based on personal communication from Sergio Harding (DGIF) and based on the AOU checklist. Other taxonomic information was updated based on ITIS.gov and NatureServe. *11923,11882*
References for Taxonomy
Ref.Id |
Citation |
609 |
Peterson, R.T., 1980, Birds of eastern and central North America. 4th Ed., 384 pgs., Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
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4275 |
American Ornithologists' Union, 1983, The A.O.U. Checklist of North American Birds, 877 pgs., American Ornithologists' Union
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11882 |
NatureServe, 2001, NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/
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11923 |
Interagency Taxonomy Steering Committee (ITSC), 2003, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), http://www.itis.usda.gov
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