Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Bilbili i ujit |
| Arabic | صياد السمك الشائع |
| Armenian | Երկնագույն ալկիոն |
| Asturian | Samartñn comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi balıqcıl |
| Bangla | ছোট মাছরাঙা |
| Basque | Martin arrantzalea |
| Bulgarian | Обикновено земеродно рибарче |
| Catalan | blauet comú |
| Chinese | 翠鳥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通翠鸟 |
| Croatian | vodomar |
| Czech | ledňáček říční |
| Danish | Isfugl |
| Dutch | IJsvogel |
| English | Common Kingfisher |
| English (India) | Common Kingfisher (Small Blue Kingfisher) |
| English (United States) | Common Kingfisher |
| Finnish | kuningaskalastaja |
| French | Martin-pêcheur d'Europe |
| French (France) | Martin-pêcheur d'Europe |
| Galician | Picapeixe común |
| German | Eisvogel |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκή) Αλκυόνη |
| Gujarati | નાનો કલકલિયો |
| Hebrew | שלדג גמדי |
| Hindi | छोटा किलकिला |
| Hungarian | Jégmadár |
| Icelandic | Bláþyrill |
| Indonesian | Raja-udang erasia |
| Italian | Martin pescatore |
| Japanese | カワセミ |
| Korean | 물총새 |
| Latvian | Zivju dzenītis |
| Lithuanian | Tulžys |
| Malayalam | ചെറിയ മീൻകൊത്തി |
| Marathi | छोटा खंड्या |
| Mongolian | Номин шогшир |
| Norwegian | isfugl |
| Odia | ଛୋଟ ମାଛରଙ୍କା |
| Persian | ماهی خورک کوچک |
| Polish | zimorodek |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Guarda-rios |
| Romanian | Pescăraș albastru |
| Russian | Зимородок |
| Serbian | Vodomar |
| Slovak | rybárik riečny |
| Slovenian | Vodomec |
| Spanish | Martín Pescador Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Martín pescador común |
| Swedish | kungsfiskare |
| Telugu | నీలి బుచ్చిగాడు |
| Thai | นกกระเต็นน้อยธรรมดา |
| Turkish | Yalıçapkını |
| Ukrainian | Рибалочка блакитний |
Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Gracula Atthis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.109.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Egypt.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ALCEDO
- alcedo
- ATTHIS
- atthis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Scientific name definitions
P. F. Woodall
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 17, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 17, 2014
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Authors
P. F. Woodall
Recommended Citation
Woodall, P. F. (2020). Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.comkin1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- February 17, 2014
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Authors
P. F. Woodall
Recommended Citation
Woodall, P. F. (2014). Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
