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Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, PS 1769)

The giant kingfisher is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert, other than the arid southwest. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Alcedinidae
Genus:
   Megaceryle
Scientific:
  Megaceryle maxima


Original description

Citation:
  (Pallas, PS 1769)

Reference:
   Spicilegia Zool. 1 fasc.6 p.14

Protonym:
  Alcedo maxima

Type locality:
  Cape of Good Hope.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817854


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  F51C1C4AB0A3DC7F

Avibase ID:
  avibase-F51C1C4A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/F51C1C4A


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554634

Geographic range:

  • Megaceryle maxima maxima: Senegambia to Ethiopia and South Africa
  • Megaceryle maxima gigantea: rainforest of Liberia to western Tanzania and northern Angola
English:
Giant Kingfisher
Catalan:
Alció gegant africà
Czech:
rybařík velký
Danish:
Kæmpestødfisker
German:
Riesenfischer
Spanish:
Martín Gigante Africano
Spanish (Spain):
Martín Gigante Africano
Finnish:
afrikankeisarikalastaja
French:
Martin-pêcheur géant
Croatian:
crnoglavi vodomar
Hungarian:
óriás halkapó
Icelandic:
Risaþyrill
Italian:
Martin pescatore gigante
Japanese (romaji):
ooyamasemi
Japanese:
オオヤマセミ
Lithuanian:
didysis keršasis tulžys
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Reuzenijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kjempeisfugl
Norwegian:
Kjempeisfugl
Polish:
rybaczek wielki
Portuguese:
guarda-rios-gigantes
Portuguese (Portugal):
guarda-rios-gigante
Russian:
Гигантский зимородок
Slovak:
rybárec obrovský
Serbian:
Džinovski vodomar
Swedish:
jättekungsfiskare
Ukrainian:
Рибалочка-чубань африканський
Chinese:
大鱼狗
Chinese (Traditional):
大魚狗


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Reuse Visvanger, Reusevisvanger
Catalan: Alció gegant africà
Czech: Rybarík velký, rybařík velký
Danish: Kæmpestødfisker
German: Riesenfischer, Riesen-Fischer
English: African Giant Kingfisher, Alucan Giant Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher
English, HBW: Giant Kingfisher
English (IOC): Giant Kingfisher
English (Kenya): Giant Kingfisher
English (United States): Giant Kingfisher
Esperanto: Giganta alciono
Spanish: Martín Gigante Africano, Martín Pescador Gigante
Spanish (Spain): Martín Gigante Africano
Spanish (HBW): Giant Kingfisher
Estonian: hiid-kuningkalur
Finnish: Afrikankeisarikalastaja
French: Alcyon géant, Martin-pêcheur géant
Croatian: crnoglavi vodomar
Hungarian: óriás halkapó
Icelandic: Risaþyrill
Italian: Martin pescatore gigante
Japanese (romaji): ooyamasemi
Japanese: オオヤマセミ
Kwangali: Esompwaningi
Scientific: Alcedo maxima, Ceryle maxima, Megaceryle maxima, Megaceryle maxima maxima, Megaceryle maximus
Lithuanian: didysis keršasis tulžys, Gigantiškasis keršasis tulžys
Dutch: Afrikaanse Reuzenijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kjempeisfugl
Norwegian: Kjempeisfugl
Polish: rybaczek wielki
Portuguese: Guarda rios gigantes, Guarda-rios-gigantes, Pica-peixe-gigante
Portuguese (Portugal): guarda-rios-gigante, Pica-peixe-gigante
Russian: Гигантский зимородок, Гигантский пегий зимородок
Slovak: rybárec obrovský, Rybárik obrovský
Slovenian: orjaški pasat
Serbian: Džinovski vodomar
Sotho, Southern: Seinoli
Swedish: Jättekungsfiskare
Swahili: Mkumburu, Zumbulu
Tswana: Mmatlhapi
Turkish: Büyük Afrika yalıçapkını, Büyük Afrka Yalıçapını
Tsonga: Tshololwana
Ukrainian: Рибалочка-чубань африканський
Xhosa: Uxomoyi
Chinese: 大鱼狗
Chinese (Traditional): 大魚狗
Zulu: isiVuba

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