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Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra)
Alcedo meninting rufigastra Walden, A 1873
Classification
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:
Alcedinidae
Genus:
Alcedo
Scientific:
Alcedo meninting rufigastra
Original description
Citation:
Walden, A 1873
Reference:
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser.4, vol.12, no.72 p.487
Protonym:
Alcedo rufigastra
Type locality:
South Andaman Island.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54290#page/501/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
C856E104790DB3B9
Avibase ID:
avibase-C856E104
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/C856E104
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 693004
English:
Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra)
French:
Martin-pêcheur méninting (rufigastra)
Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra)
French:
Martin-pêcheur méninting (rufigastra)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra) ( Alcedo meninting rufigastra) |
| Avilist 2025: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Alcedo meninting rufigaster [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Alcedo meninting rufigastra [version 1] |
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
English: Blue-eared Kingfisher (rufigastra)
French: Martin-pêcheur méninting (rufigastra)
Scientific: Alcedo meninting rufigaster, Alcedo meninting rufigastra, Alcedo rufigastra
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