Meaning | kingfishers. |
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Synonym | family Alcedinidae |
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Member of | Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes | rollers |
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Members | Alcedo, genus Alcedo | type genus of the Alcedinidae |
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Ceryle, genus Ceryle | A genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae |
Dacelo, genus Dacelo | Australasian kingfishers |
Halcyon, genus Halcyon | A large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World |
kingfisher | nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill |
Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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Spanish | Alcedinidae, alcedínidos, familia Alcedinidae |
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Catalan | alcedínids |
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