Alcedo

**Alcedo**
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Instance of	taxon;
Different from	Alcedo Volcano;
Common name
	العربية: رفراف; مصرى: السيدو; Kotava: Asutez; azərbaycanca: Balıqçıl; български: същински земеродни рибарчета; eesti: Jäälind; հայերեն: Ալկեդո; 日本語: カワセミ属; ქართული: ალკუნი; адыгэбзэ: Псыкъуаргъхэр; қазақша: Зымырандар туысы; lietuvių: Tikrieji tulžiai; latviešu: Zivju dzenīši; русский: Зимородки; தமிழ்: அல்சிடோ; українська: Рибалочка; Tiếng Việt: Chi Bồng chanh; 中文: 翠鸟属; 中文（中国大陆）: 翠鸟属; 中文（臺灣）: 翠鳥屬;
Taxonomy
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Coraciimorphae
Order	Coraciiformes
Suborder	Alcedines
Family	Alcedinidae
Genus	Alcedo
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q583551; Library of Congress authority ID: sh85003258; J9U ID: 987007292896805171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 36244; ITIS TSN: 553603; Fossilworks taxon ID: 129803; GBIF taxon ID: 2475493; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 204289; ZooBank ID for name or act: E07C179C-0386-4D35-86EB-A03F2C1C6EBA; Fauna Europaea ID: 97076; Plazi ID: 164B2600-BBA0-C253-5276-FA6EA3EE4203; EPPO Code: 1ALCEG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 2561; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0000530140; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 52568; ADW taxon ID: Alcedo; IRMNG ID: 1008367
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Coraciiformes • Familia: Alcedinidae • Subfamilia: Alcedininae • Genus: Alcedo Linnaeus, 1758

Vernacular names

адыгэбзэ: Псыкъуаргъхэр
lietuvių: Tulžiai
latviešu: Zivju dzenīši
русский: Зимородки
Tiếng Việt: Chi Bồng chanh

Included species (for IOC classification 2.6):

A. atthis, A. coerulescens, A. euryzona, A. hercules, A. meninting, A. quadribrachys, A. semitorquata

Included species (for IOC classification 2.3):

A. atthis, A. coerulescens, A. cristata, A. euryzona, A. hercules, A. leucogaster, A. meninting, A. nais, A. quadribrachys, A. semitorquata, A. thomensis, A. vintsioides