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Alcedo atthis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 554549

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Common Kingfisher [English]
  
    guarda-rios [Portuguese]
  
    Martín pescador común [Spanish]
  
    Martin-pêcheur d'Europe [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCoraciiformes  – Motmots, Bee-eaters, Todies, Kingfishers, Rollers, martins-pêcheurs  
                            FamilyAlcedinidae  – Kingfishers  
                               SubfamilyAlcedininae   
                                  GenusAlcedo Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     SpeciesAlcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Kingfisher, guarda-rios, Martín pescador común, Martin-pêcheur d'Europe  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis bengalensis J. F. Gmelin, 1788  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis floresiana Sharpe, 1892  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis hispidoides R. Lesson, 1837  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis ispida Linnaeus, 1758  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis salomonensis Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1905  
                                        Subspecies Alcedo atthis taprobana Kleinschmidt, 1894  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.5 (2020), database (version 5)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 12.1), website (version 12.1)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.1). doi: 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 21 Jan, 2022]   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis, Common Kingfisher [English], Martin-pêcheur d'Europe [French], guarda-rios [Portuguese], Martín pescador común [Spanish]   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2005.11.05, website (version 05-Nov-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: Zoonomen Nomenclatural data maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines   
  Page(s): l + 461   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861108   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis, Common Kingfisher [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Alcedo atthis, Common Kingfisher [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
    Africa  
    Australia  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Southern Asia  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Incidental  
 

 

    

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