Canadian Register of Marine Species

CaRMS taxon details

Ceryle Boie, 1828

AphiaID

206479 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206479)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Alcedinidae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (1)

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Species Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Size: medium. Plumage: soft, black and white. Tail long. Slightly sexually dimorphic. Other characters: bill relatively...

Description Size: medium. Plumage: soft, black and white. Tail long. Slightly sexually dimorphic. Other characters: bill relatively slender; inter-ramal feathers overlap mandibular rami. Largely piscivorous. Hunts from either perch or from hovering flight. [details]

Taxonomic citation

CaRMS (2021). Ceryle Boie, 1828. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206479 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Ceryle Boie, 1828. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206479 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-27 09:47:05Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2006-09-07 06:51:43Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

[taxonomic tree]

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]

From other sources

To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
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To ITIS