Pied Kingfisher

Here the details of the Pied Kingfisher named bird below:

SCI Name:  Ceryle rudis
Protonym:  Alcedo rudis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.116
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Ceryle
Taxonomy Code:  piekin1
Type Locality:  Egypt.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CERYLE
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Pied Kingfisher C. rudis) Gr. κηρυλος kērulos  bird mentioned by Aristotle, Hesychius and other authors, not further identified but probably mythical and associated with the halcyon; "Gattung Ceryle ²    Hieher aus Africa:  1. Alc. rudis Gm.    America: 2. Alc. amazona Gm.   3. — americana Gm.   4. — alcyon Gm.   5. — bicolor Gm.    ...   ² Aristophan. Aves." (Boie 1828); "Ceryle Boie, Isis von Oken, 21, 1828, col. 316. Type, by subsequent designation, C. rudis (Gm.) = Alcedo rudis Linné. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 11)." (Peters, 1945, V, p. 165).
Var. Cerile.

rudis
L. rudis  wild, rude, rough.
● "56. ALCEDO.  ...  rudis.  6. A. macroura fusca albido varia.  Alcedo rudis. Hasselq. iter. 243. n. 22.  Ispida ex albo & nigro varius. Edw. av. 9. t. 9.  Habitat in Persia, Ægypto.  Cauda æqualis albida fascia lineari lataque nigra." (Linnaeus 1758). Hasselqvist 1757, doubtless confused Med. L. hispida  kingfisher, with L. hispidus  rough, rude (Ceryle).

SUBSPECIES

Pied Kingfisher (rudis)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis rudis
rudis
L. rudis  wild, rude, rough.
● "56. ALCEDO.  ...  rudis.  6. A. macroura fusca albido varia.  Alcedo rudis. Hasselq. iter. 243. n. 22.  Ispida ex albo & nigro varius. Edw. av. 9. t. 9.  Habitat in Persia, Ægypto.  Cauda æqualis albida fascia lineari lataque nigra." (Linnaeus 1758). Hasselqvist 1757, doubtless confused Med. L. hispida  kingfisher, with L. hispidus  rough, rude (Ceryle).

Pied Kingfisher (leucomelanurus)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
leucomelanura / leucomelanurus
Gr. λευκος leukos  white; μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; -ουρος
-ouros  -tailed  < ουρα oura  tail.

Pied Kingfisher (travancoreensis)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis travancoreensis
travancoreensis / travancoriensis / travencoreensis
Travancore, a former kingdom and state (now in Kerala) of southern India.

Pied Kingfisher (insignis)
SCI Name: Ceryle rudis insignis
insignis
L. insignis  extraordinary, remarkable, notable (e.g. very large)  < in   towards; signum  mark.