Blue-eared Kingfisher
Alcedo menintingHorsfield, T, 1821
English (US) Blue-eared Kingfisher
The Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
- Scientific name
- Alcedo meninting
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-eared Kingfisher
- Described by
- Horsfield, T, 1821
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Alcedo meninting coltarti
- Alcedo meninting phillipsi
- Alcedo meninting scintillans
- Alcedo meninting rufigastra
- Alcedo meninting meninting
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo Meninting
- Described by
- Horsfield, T, 1821
- Type locality
- Java.
- Original description
- Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13, pt.1 p.172
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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