Overview
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A Family in the Kingdom Animalia.
Taxonomy
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The Family Halcyonidae is a member of the Superfamily Halcyonoidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Halcyonidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Coraciimorphae
- Order: Coraciiformes
Forbes, 1884 - Kingfishers, Rollers
- Suborder: Alcedini
- Infraorder: Alcedinides
- Parvorder: Cerylida
- Superfamily: Halcyonoidea
- Family: Halcyonidae - Halcyonid Kingfishers
- Superfamily: Halcyonoidea
- Parvorder: Cerylida
- Infraorder: Alcedinides
- Suborder: Alcedini
- Order: Coraciiformes
Forbes, 1884 - Kingfishers, Rollers
- Superorder: Coraciimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Halcyonidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Todirhamphus
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in the Family Halcyonidae.
Genera
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Todirhamphus
Todiramphus is a genus of kingfishers in the family Halcyonidae. The name is often spelt Todirhamphus but Todiramphus is the original valid spelling. There are around 20-22 extant species in the genus but the classification of several Pacific island forms is still unclear. The range of the genus extends from the Red Sea in the west to French Polynesia in the east with the greatest diversity in Australasia. [more]
At least 18 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Todirhamphus.
More info about the Genus Todirhamphus may be found here.
Bibliography
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- Pence DB, Gray PN, Journal of medical entomology. 1996 Sep;33(5):772-6.
Sources
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