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Taxon: Genus Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 (bird)
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Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Coraciae see Order Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884
         Superorder Coraciimorphae see Order Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884
           Order Coraciiformes Forbes, 1884 - rollerlike birds
             Suborder Alcedini see Suborder Halcyones Forbes, 1884
               Infraorder Alcedinides see Suborder Halcyones Forbes, 1884
                 Parvorder Alcedinida see Superfamily Alcedinoidea Stejneger, 1885
                   Family Alcedinidae Bonaparte, 1831 - kingfishers
                     Genus Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758 - little kingfisher
                       01 Alcedo hercules Laubmann, 1917 - Blyth's kingfisher
                       02 Alcedo atthis (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - common kingfisher
                       03 Alcedo semitorquata Swainson, 1823 - half-collared kingfisher
                       04 Alcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850 - shining-blue kingfisher
                       05 Alcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821 - blue-eared kingfisher
                       06 Alcedo azurea Latham, 1802 - azure kingfisher
                       07 Alcedo websteri (E. Hartert, 1898) - Bismarck kingfisher
                       08 Alcedo euryzona Temminck, 1830 - blue-banded kingfisher
                       09 Alcedo cyanopecta Lafresnaye, 1840 - indigo-banded kingfisher see Alcedo cyanopectus (Lafresnaye, 1840)
                       10 Alcedo argentata (Tweeddale, 1877) - silvery kingfisher
                       11 Alcedo cristata Pallas, 1764 - malachite kingfisher
                       12 Alcedo vintsioides Eydoux & Gervais, 1836 - Madagascar kingfisher
                       13 Alcedo thomensis (Salvadori, 1902) - Sao Tome kingfisher see Alcedo cristata thomensis (Salvadori, 1902)
                       14 Alcedo nais Kaup, 1848 - Principe kingfisher see Alcedo leucogaster nais Kaup, 1848
                       15 Alcedo leucogaster (Fraser, 1843) - white-bellied kingfisher
                       16 Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot, 1818 - small blue kingfisher
                       17 Alcedo pusilla (Temminck, 1836) - little kingfisher

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