Ispidina
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Ispidina is a genus of small insectivorous African river kingfishers.
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Ispidina | |
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African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta) | |
African dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Alcedininae |
Genus: | Ispidina Kaup, 1848 |
Type species | |
Todus pictus[1] Boddaert, 1783 | |
Species | |
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African pygmy kingfisher range
Extant (resident)
Extant (breeding) | |
African dwarf kingfisher range |
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The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848 with the African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta) as the type species.[2][3] The genus is the sister group to the genus Corythornis containing four small African kingfishers.[4]