Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Here the details of the Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alcedo erithaca Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.115
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Ceyx
Taxonomy Code: bkbkin1
Type Locality: Bengal.
Author: Linnaeus
Publish Year: 1758
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
CEYX
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher C. erithaca) L. ceyx, ceycis seabird variously identified < Gr. κηυξ kēux, κηυκος kēukos seabird mentioned by Dionysius and Lucian, and considered identical to the halcyon. In Gr. myth. Ceyx, blasphemous husband to Alcyone, was drowned at sea and metamorphosed into a kingfisher along with his desolated wife when she found his body washed up on the shore; "62. CÉYX. Ceyx. { Le bec très-long; la langue courte; le tarse très-court; chaque pied ne présentant que trois doigts." (de Lacépède 1799); "Ceyx Lacépède, Tabl. Ois., 1799, p. 10. Type, by monotypy, Alcedo tridactyla Pallas = Alcedo erithaca Linné (species added, Daudin, in Buffon, Hist. Nat. (éd Didot), 14, 1802, p. 287.)" (Peters, 1945, V, p. 178).
Var. Ceix, Ceux, Ceycis.
Synon. Alcyon, Argyroceyx, Ceycalcyon, Ceycopsis, Cyanoceyx, Micralcyone, Therosa.
erithaca
Mod. L. erithacus robin (i.e. red-breasted) < L. erithacus unknown small bird < Gr. εριθακος erithakos unknown small bird, perhaps the European Robin, the Common Redstart, or the Black Redstart.
● "56. ALCEDO. ... erithaca. 2. A. brachyura, dorso cæruleo, abdomine luteo, capite uropygioque purpureo, gula nuchaque albis. Alcedo benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 28. t. 29. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ceyx).
SUBSPECIES
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher (erithaca)
SCI Name: Ceyx erithaca erithaca
erithaca
Mod. L. erithacus robin (i.e. red-breasted) < L. erithacus unknown small bird < Gr. εριθακος erithakos unknown small bird, perhaps the European Robin, the Common Redstart, or the Black Redstart.
● "56. ALCEDO. ... erithaca. 2. A. brachyura, dorso cæruleo, abdomine luteo, capite uropygioque purpureo, gula nuchaque albis. Alcedo benghalensis. Alb. av. 3. p. 28. t. 29. Habitat in Benghala." (Linnaeus 1758) (Ceyx).
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher (macrocarus)
SCI Name: Ceyx erithaca macrocarus
macrocarus
Gr. μακρος makros long, tall, high; καρη karē head (cf. καρος karos heavy sleep).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)