African Dwarf Kingfisher / Ispidina lecontei
WBN 
African Dwarf Kingfisher
SCI Name:
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).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
