The Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (''Corythornis madagascariensis'') is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the family
Alcedinidae.
It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
and found in western dry deciduous forests.
The first
formal description of the Madagascan pygmy kingfisher was by the Swedish naturalist
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
in 1758 in the
twelfth edition of his ''
Systema Naturae
' (originally in Latin written ' with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy. Although the system, now known as binomial nomen ...
'' under the
binomial name
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''Alcedo madagascariensis''.
Although it has been placed in the genera ''Ceyx'' and ''Ispidina'' in the past, a study of its
molecular phylogenetic
Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...
relationships with other genera in the region suggests it is best treated as a member of the genus ''Corythornis''.
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Madagascar pygmy kingfisher
The Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (''Corythornis madagascariensis'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
It is endemic to Madagascar and found in western dry deciduous forests.
The first formal description of the Madagascan pygmy ki ...
Endemic birds of Madagascar
Madagascar pygmy kingfisher
The Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (''Corythornis madagascariensis'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
It is endemic to Madagascar and found in western dry deciduous forests.
The first formal description of the Madagascan pygmy ki ...
Madagascar pygmy kingfisher
The Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (''Corythornis madagascariensis'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
It is endemic to Madagascar and found in western dry deciduous forests.
The first formal description of the Madagascan pygmy ki ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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