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Taxon: Genus Megaceryle Kaup, 1848 (bird)
Classification by:

Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
             Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
               Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
                 Order Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884 - rollerlike birds
                   Family Alcedinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - kingfishers
                     Subfamily Alcedininae Bonaparte, 1831
                       Genus Megaceryle Kaup, 1848
                         1 Megaceryle alcyon (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - belted kingfisher
                         2 Megaceryle torquata (C. Linnaeus, 1766) - ringed kingfisher
                         3 Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769) - giant kingfisher

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