NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2005

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subfamily - Alcedininae
  Family - Alcedinidae
  Order - Coraciiformes
  Class - Aves
  Superclass - Tetrapoda
  Infraphylum - Gnathostomata
  Subphylum - Vertebrata
  Phylum - Chordata
  Infrakingdom - Deuterostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Alcedo hercules
      Species - Alcedo atthis
      Species - Alcedo semitorquata
      Species - Alcedo quadribrachys
      Species - Alcedo meninting
      Species - Alcedo azurea
      Species - Alcedo websteri
      Species - Alcedo euryzona
      Species - Alcedo argentata
      Species - Alcedo cristata
      Species - Alcedo vintsioides
      Species - Alcedo leucogaster
      Species - Alcedo coerulescens
      Species - Alcedo pusilla
      Species - Alcedo cyanopectus