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
4275 American Ornithologists' Union, 1983, The A.O.U. Checklist of North American Birds, 877 pgs., American Ornithologists' Union
11882 NatureServe, 2001, NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life, http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/
11923 Interagency Taxonomy Steering Committee (ITSC), 2003, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), http://www.itis.usda.gov