Pied Kingfisher / Ceryle rudis
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Pied Kingfisher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alcedo rudis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.116
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Ceryle
Taxonomy Code: piekin1
Type Locality: Egypt.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CERYLE
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Pied Kingfisher C. rudis) Gr. κηρυλος kērulos bird mentioned by Aristotle, Hesychius and other authors, not further identified but probably mythical and associated with the halcyon; "Gattung Ceryle 2 Hieher aus Africa: 1. Alc. rudis Gm. America: 2. Alc. amazona Gm. 3. — americana Gm. 4. — alcyon Gm. 5. — bicolor Gm. ... 2 Aristophan. Aves." (Boie 1828); "Ceryle Boie, Isis von Oken, 21, 1828, col. 316. Type, by subsequent designation, C. rudis (Gm.) = Alcedo rudis Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 11)." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 165).
Var. Cerile.
rudis
L. rudis wild, rude, rough.
● "56. ALCEDO. ... rudis. 6. A. macroura fusca albido varia. Alcedo rudis. Hasselq. iter. 243. n. 22. Ispida ex albo & nigro varius. Edw. av. 9. t. 9. Habitat in Persia, Ægypto. Cauda æqualis albida fascia lineari lataque nigra." (Linnaeus 1758). Hasselqvist 1757, doubtless confused Med. L. hispida kingfisher, with L. hispidus rough, rude (Ceryle).
SUBSPECIES
Pied Kingfisher (rudis)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis rudis
rudis
L. rudis wild, rude, rough.
● "56. ALCEDO. ... rudis. 6. A. macroura fusca albido varia. Alcedo rudis. Hasselq. iter. 243. n. 22. Ispida ex albo & nigro varius. Edw. av. 9. t. 9. Habitat in Persia, Ægypto. Cauda æqualis albida fascia lineari lataque nigra." (Linnaeus 1758). Hasselqvist 1757, doubtless confused Med. L. hispida kingfisher, with L. hispidus rough, rude (Ceryle).
Pied Kingfisher (leucomelanurus)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
leucomelanura / leucomelanurus
Gr. λευκος leukos white; μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; -ουρος
-ouros -tailed < ουρα oura tail.
Pied Kingfisher (travancoreensis)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis travancoreensis
travancoreensis / travancoriensis / travencoreensis
Travancore, a former kingdom and state (now in Kerala) of southern India.
Pied Kingfisher (insignis)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis insignis
insignis
L. insignis extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large) < in towards; signum mark.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)
