Chloroceryle

Translingual

Etymology

chloro- +‎ Ceryle

Proper noun

Chloroceryle f

A taxonomic genus within the family Alcedinidae – the American green kingfishers.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Coraciiformes - order; Alcedinidae - family; Cerylinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Chloroceryle amazona (Amazon kingfisher), Chloroceryle americana (green kingfisher), Chloroceryle inda (green-and-rufous kingfisher), Chloroceryle aenea (American pygmy kingfisher) - species

References

Chloroceryle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chloroceryle on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chloroceryle on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

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