WoRMS taxon details
Megaceryle Kaup, 1848
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Size: medium to giant size. Plumage: hard in texture; markedly sexually dimorphic; tail long; inter-ramal feathers not...
Description Size: medium to giant size. Plumage: hard in texture; markedly sexually dimorphic; tail long; inter-ramal feathers not overlapping sides of mandibular rami. Other characters: bill stout; prey on large invertebrates; hunt from a perch; solitary. [details]
WoRMS (2024). Megaceryle Kaup, 1848. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206907 on 2024-04-16
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basis of record
Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
From other sources
Description Size: medium to giant size. Plumage: hard in texture; markedly sexually dimorphic; tail long; inter-ramal feathers not overlapping sides of mandibular rami. Other characters: bill stout; prey on large invertebrates; hunt from a perch; solitary. [details]
