genus

Typical River Kingfishers

Alcedo

Field notes

Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae. The genus was introduced by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher".

Children

Common Kingfisher present

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided