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Actenoides

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

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Phylogeny
Actenoides
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]

Species

The genus contains the following species:[4]

Genus Actenoides Bonaparte, 1850 – six species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Green-backed kingfisher


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Female

Actenoides monachus
(Bonaparte, 1850)

Two subspecies
  • A. m. monachus - (Bonaparte, 1850)
  • A. m. capucinus - (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896)
north and central Sulawesi, and the islands of Manadotua and Lembeh Size:

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 NT 


Scaly-breasted kingfisher


Male
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Female

Actenoides princeps
(Reichenbach, 1851)

Three subspecies
  • A. p. princeps - (Reichenbach, 1851)
  • A. p. erythrorhamphus - (Stresemann, 1931)
  • A. p. regalis - (Stresemann, 1932)
central and southwestern Sulawesi in Indonesia Size:

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 LC 


Moustached kingfisher

Actenoides bougainvillei
(Rothschild, 1904)

Two subspecies
Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea. Size:

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 LC 


Spotted wood kingfisher


Male
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Female

Actenoides lindsayi
(Vigors, 1831)

Two subspecies
  • A. l. lindsayi - Vigors, 1831
  • A. l. moseleyi - Steere, 1890
the Philippines found on the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Negros and Panay Size:

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 LC 


Blue-capped kingfisher, or Hombron's kingfisher

Actenoides hombroni
Bonaparte, 1850
the Philippines (Mindanao). Size:

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 VU 


Rufous-collared kingfisher

Actenoides concretus
(Temminck, 1825)

Three subspecies
  • A. c. peristephes - (Deignan, 1946)
  • A. c. concretus - (Temminck, 1825)
  • A. c. borneanus - (Chasen & Kloss, 1930)
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand. Size:

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 LC 


References

  1. ^ a b 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). Conspectus generum avium (in Latin). Vol. 1. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]: E.J. Brill. p. 157.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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