''Actenoides'' is a genus of

kingfisher Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species found in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, ...

s in the subfamily

Halcyoninae The tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers or Halcyoninae, are the most numerous of the three family (biology), subfamilies of birds in the kingfisher family, with around 70 species divided into 12 genus, genera, including several specie ...

. The genus ''Actenoides'' was introduced by the French ornithologist

Charles Lucien Bonaparte Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (24 May 1803 – 29 July 1857), was a French naturalist and ornithologist. Lucien and his wife had twelve children, including Cardinal Lucien Bonaparte. Life and career ...

in 1850. The

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Hombron's kingfisher Hombron's kingfisher or the blue-capped kingfisher (''Actenoides hombroni'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to the Philippines and found only on Mindanao. It is one of the most colorful kingfishers in the country having a ...

(''Actenoides hombroni''). The name of the genus is from the classical Greek ' for "beam" or "brightness" and ' for "resembling". A molecular study published in 2017 found that the genus ''Actenoides'', as currently defined, is

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. The

glittering kingfisher The white-rumped kingfisher or glittering kingfisher (''Caridonax fulgidus'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is monotypic within the genus ''Caridonax''. It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical ...

in the

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genus ''Caridonax'' is a member of the clade containing the species in the genus ''Actenoides''. The genus contains the following species: *

Green-backed kingfisher The green-backed kingfisher (''Actenoides monachus'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to Indonesia, where it is restricted to north and central Sulawesi, and the islands of Manadotua and Lembeh. It can be found in the prote ...

(''Actenoides monachus'') :* Black-headed kingfisher (''Actenoides monachus capucinus'') *

Scaly-breasted kingfisher The scaly-breasted kingfisher or regent kingfisher (''Actenoides princeps'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to central and southwestern Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist, montane ...

(''Actenoides princeps'') :* Plain-backed kingfisher (''Actenoides princeps regalis'') *

Moustached kingfisher The moustached kingfisher (''Actenoides bougainvillei''), also called Bougainville moustached kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea. An estimated 250–1,000 mature ...

(''Actenoides bougainvillei'') :*

Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher The Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher (''Actenoides bougainvillei excelsus'') is a kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae that is endemic to Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The bird can be found in closed-canopy forests at elevations of , a ...

(''Actenoides bougainvillei excelsus'') * Spotted wood kingfisher (''Actenoides lindsayi'') *

(''Actenoides hombroni'') * Rufous-collared kingfisher (''Actenoides concretus'')

References

Bird genera Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Coraciiformes-stub