Wood Kingfishers
Actenoides
Actenoides is a genus of kingfishers in the subfamily Halcyoninae.
The genus Actenoides was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The type species is Hombron's kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni). The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek aktis, aktinos for "beam" or "brightness" and -oidēs for "resembling". A molecular study published in 2017 found that the genus Actenoides, as currently defined, is paraphyletic. The glittering kingfisher in the monotypic genus Caridonax is a member of the clade containing the species in the genus Actenoides.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species
Green-backed Kingfisher
speciesActenoides monachus
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
speciesActenoides concretus
Spotted Kingfisher
speciesActenoides lindsayi
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher
speciesActenoides princeps
Blue-capped Kingfisher
speciesActenoides hombroni
Moustached Kingfisher
speciesActenoides bougainvillei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2422.