Ispidina Lecontei Bird

Ispidina Lecontei Bird

Ispidina Lecontei Bird

English Name:  African Dwarf Kingfisher
Latin Name:  Ispidina lecontei
Protonym:  Ispidina Lecontei Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 8 p.158
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Ispidina
Taxonomy Code:  dwakin1
Type Locality:  Moonda River, Gaboon.
Author:  Cassin
Publish Year:  1856
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

ISPIDINA
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ African Pygmy Kingfisher I. picta) Dim. < genus Ispida Brisson 1760, kingfisher; "1) Ispidina.  4 Zehen.  Schnabel kurz, 1/3 länger als der Kopf, dachförmig, etwas flachgedrückt, ohne Rinne längs der Schnabelfirste. Scheitelfedern kurz, knapp anliegend.  ...  I. Subgenus Ispidina Kaup.  1) Alcedo picta, Bodd.  ...  a) Alcedo nitida, Kaup." (Kaup 1848); "Ispidina Kaup, Verh. naturhist. Ver. Grossherz. Hessen, 2, 1848, p. 71, 72. Type, by monotypy, Todus pictus Boddaert." (Peters 1945, V, 177).
Var. Ipsidina.
Synon. Myioceyx.

lecontei / leconteii / lecontii
● Lt.-Col. Dr John Lawrence LeConte (1825-1883) US Army surgeon, entomologist, biologist, collector in North America (Ammodramus, Ispidina, Toxostoma).
● Prof. Dr Joseph LeConte (1823-1901) US geologist, conservationist (syn. Dryobates pubescens).