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family Alcedinidae - kingfishers

bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes - rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies

kingfisher - nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

Alcedo, genus Alcedo - type genus of the Alcedinidae

Ceryle, genus Ceryle - a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae

Dacelo, genus Dacelo - Australasian kingfishers

genus Halcyon, Halcyon - a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World

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vociferus Wilson, whip-poor- I C will Chordeiles minor (Forster), I O common nighthawk Order Apodiformes (swifts and hummingbirds) Family Apodidae (swifts) Chaetura pelagica (Linnaeus), I A chimney swift Family Trochilidae (hummingbords) Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus), I C ruby-throated hummingbird Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin), I R rufous hummingbird Order Coraciiformes (todies, motmots, and kingfishers) Family Alcedinidae (kingfishers) Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus), belted I O kingfisher Order Piciformes (woodpeckers and allies) Family Picidae (woodpeckers) Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus), I C northern flicker Dryocopus pileatus (Linnaeus), I O pileated woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus), I C red-bellied woodspecker M.

Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana

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