White-bellied kingfisher
| White-bellied kingfisher | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcedininae |
| Genus: | Corythornis |
| Species: | C. leucogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Corythornis leucogaster (Fraser, 1843) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Alcedo leucogaster | |
The white-bellied kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that occurs in parts of equatorial west Africa. The first formal description of the species was by the British zoologist Louis Fraser in 1843 under the binomial name Halcyon leucogaster.[2][3]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2015). "Corythornis leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 176.
- ↑ Fraser, Louis (1843). "Halcyon leucogaster". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11 (120): 4.
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