Biology:Actenoides

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Short description: Genus of birds


Actenoides
Green-backed Kingfisher (Male) cropped.jpg
Green-backed kingfisher (Actenoides monachus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Actenoides
Bonaparte, 1850
Species

see text

Phylogeny
Actenoides

Glittering kingfisher
(Caridonax fulgidus)

Scaly-breasted kingfisher

Green-backed kingfisher

Spotted wood kingfisher

Hombron's kingfisher

Rufous-collared kingfisher

Moustached kingfisher

Cladogram based on the molecular analysis by Andersen and colleagues published in 2017.[1]

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).[2] The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek aktis, aktinos for "beam" or "brightness" and -oidēs for "resembling".[3] 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.[1]

The genus contains the following species:[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Andersen, M.J.; McCullough, J.M.; Mauck III, W.M.; Smith, B.T.; Moyle, R.G. (2017). "A phylogeny of kingfishers reveals an Indomalayan origin and elevated rates of diversification on oceanic islands". Journal of Biogeography 45 (2): 1–13. doi:10.1111/jbi.13139. 
  2. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850) (in Latin). Conspectus generum avium. 1. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: E.J. Brill. p. 157. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560240. 
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling. 
  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2017). "Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/rollers/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1955343 entry