Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (55)
- Subspecies (7)
P. F. Woodall
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 17, 2014
Text last updated February 17, 2014
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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
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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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Common Kingfisher
