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Blue-eared Kingfisher (coltarti)

Alcedo meninting coltarti Baker, ECS 1919

Classification
Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Alcedinidae
Genus:
   Alcedo
Scientific:
  Alcedo meninting coltarti

Original description

Citation:
  Baker, ECS 1919

Reference:
   Bull. Brit. Orn. Club 39 p.39

Protonym:
  Alcedo meninting coltarti

Type locality:
  Saddya, Assam.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100942#page/177/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  594DDB4A22AFD024

Avibase ID:
  avibase-594DDB4A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/594DDB4A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 693001

Geographic range:

  • Alcedo meninting coltarti: eastern India (northern Eastern Ghats) and base of Himalayas from central Nepal to northeastern India (Assam) eastward to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Blue-eared Kingfisher (coltarti)
French:
Martin-pêcheur méninting (coltarti)

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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies

This taxon is a subspecies of Alcedo meninting

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English: Blue-eared Kingfisher (coltarti)
French: Martin-pêcheur méninting (coltarti)
Scientific: Alcedo meninting coltarti

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