- Naturae. The type
species is the
common kingfisher (
Alcedo ispida, now
Alcedo atthis ispida).
Alcedo is the
Latin for "kingfisher". The
genus contains the...
- The
common kingfisher (
Alcedo atthis), also
known as the
Eurasian kingfisher and
river kingfisher, is a
small kingfisher with
seven subspecies recognized...
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Alcedo is a
genus of
birds in the
kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae.
Alcedo may also
refer to:
Alcedo, Álava, a
village in Lantarón muni****lity, Spain...
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German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and
given the
binomial name
Alcedo cristata. The
specific epithet cristata is from the
Latin cristatus meaning...
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Alcedo Volcano is one of the six
coalescing shield volcanoes that make up
Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The
remote location of the
volcano has meant...
-
Antonio de
Alcedo (1735–1812) was a
Spanish soldier and scholar.
Alcedo was a
military officer in the
Spanish Army, and a
notable historian and geographer...
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Alcedo is a
hamlet and
concejo in the muni****lity of Lantarón, in Álava province,
Basque Country, Spain. "Divisiones
Administrativas SHP Líneas". GeoAraba...
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south Asia as far as Australia, with one species, the
common kingfisher (
Alcedo atthis) also
appearing in
Europe and
northern Asia. This
group includes...
- The
cerulean kingfisher (
Alcedo coerulescens) is a
kingfisher in the
subfamily Alcedininae which is
native to
parts of Indonesia. With an
overall metallic...
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waters when nesting. In Gr**** mythology, one of the
Pleiades named Alcyone (
Alcedo in Latin)
married Ceyx who was
killed in a shipwreck.
Alcyone drowned herself...
