''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 in 1850. The
type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specime ...
is
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
paraphyletic. 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
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...
genus ''Caridonax'' is a member of the clade containing the species in the genus ''Actenoides''.
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The genus contains the following species:]
* Green-backed kingfisher (''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 (''Actenoides bougainvillei'')
:* Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher (''Actenoides bougainvillei excelsus'')
* Spotted wood kingfisher (''Actenoides lindsayi'')
* 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'')
* Rufous-collared kingfisher (''Actenoides concretus'')
References
Bird genera
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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