Definition of Ceryle alcyon

1. Noun. Greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest.

Exact synonyms: Belted Kingfisher
Generic synonyms: Kingfisher
Group relationships: Ceryle, Genus Ceryle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ceryle Alcyon

Certhia americana
Certhia familiaris
Certhiidae
Certificate of Need
Certificates of Need
Cervantes
Cervantes Saavedra
Cervidae
Cervus
Cervus canadensis
Cervus elaphus
Cervus nipon
Cervus sika
Cervus unicolor
Ceryle
Ceryle alcyon
Cerys
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Estrada Chavez
Cesar Franck
Cesar Ritz
Cesare Borgia
Cesarian
Cestan-Chenais syndrome
Cestida
Cestidae
Cestodaria
Cestoidea
Cestrian
Cestrians

Literary usage of Ceryle alcyon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"ceryle alcyon is subdivided and the following is to be inserted after the range ... ceryle alcyon caurina GRINNELL. Northwestern Belted Kingfisher. [390a. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Basal view of the same skull, lower mandible removed.—4. Superior view of the lower mandible of ceryle alcyon,— .y. Left pelvic limb of ceryle alcyon : f. ..."

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