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Alcedo alcyon Linnaeus, 1758, spec. nov.

Description

Alcedo alcyon [spec. nov.]

A. brachyura nigra, abdomine albo, pectore ferrugineo.

Alcyon. Catesb. car. 1. p. 69. t. 69. Raj. av. 49. n. 2. & 184. n. 14.

Ispida caroliniensis. Edw. av. 115. t. 115.

Jaguacati guacu. Marcgr. bras. 194.

Habitat in America.

Rostrum capite longius, validum s. Picae. Macula alba ante & post oculos. Lingua brevissima, carnosa, acuta, plana. Corpus nigrum. Pennae capitis longiores. Remiges nigrae, apice albae: exterioribus minoribus; omnes latere interiore albo maculatae. Rectrices 12, aequales, utrinque albo maculatae. Gula alba. Pectus & Abdomen alba, sed Pectus antice fascia ferruginea. Femora ferruginea. Tibiae brevissimae. Digitus extimus connexus cum intermedio.

Notes

Published as part of Linnaeus, Carolus, 1758, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Stockholm :Laurentius Salvius on pages 115-116, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542, http://zenodo.org/record/3922206

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Identifiers

Biodiversity

Family
Alcedinidae
Genus
Alcedo
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coraciiformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
alcyon
Taxonomic status
spec. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Alcedo alcyon Linnaeus, 1758