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Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 158984

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Coraciiformes (Order) > Alcedinidae (Family) > Ceryle (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Basionym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Ceryle Boie, 1828
Sources  basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

additional source: Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details]

additional source: Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983 [details]

additional source: Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station., available online at http://www.gmwsrs.org/main.htm [details]

additional source: Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.  [details]

additional source: Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p. [details]

additional source: Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch bandijsvogel  [details]
English belted kingfisher  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1087 publications)
To ITIS
Notes  Dimensions: Length: 13" (33 cm) [details]

Distribution: North America. Labrador to the Gulf of Mexico [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158984
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2006-08-28 10:18:39Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-01-27 08:59:47Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158984 on 2013-05-21
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