Actenoides

Actenoides
Green-backed kingfisher (Actenoides monachus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Alcedinidae
Subfamily:Halcyoninae
Genus:Actenoides
Bonaparte, 1850
Species

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Actenoides is a genus of kingfishers in the subfamily Halcyoninae.

The genus Actenoides was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The type species is Hombron's kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni).[1] The name of the genus is from the classical Greek aktis, aktinos for "beam" or "brightness" and -oidēs for "resembling".[2] A molecular study published in 2017 found that the genus Actenoides, as currently defined, is paraphyletic. The glittering kingfisher in the monotypic genus Caridonax is a member of the clade containing the species in the genus Actenoides.[3]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). Conspectus generum avium (in Latin). Volume 1. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: E.J. Brill. p. 157.
  2. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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