Banded Kingfisher

SCI Name:  Lacedo pulchella
Protonym:  Dacelo pulchella Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.175
Taxonomy:  Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Lacedo
Taxonomy Code:  bankin1
Type Locality:  Java.
Author:  Horsfield
Publish Year:  1821
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

LACEDO
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Banded Kingfisher L. pulchella) Anagram of genus Dacelo Leach, 1815; "XXI. Lacedo RCHB.  Nat. Syst. d. Vögel.  —  Die in den vorigen Gattungen [Dacelo, Melidora] angedeutete Trennung des Kleides der beiden Geschlechter wird bei dieser vollkommen von allen übrigen gesonderten Form, in bestimmter Weise vollendet.   *100. L. pulchella (Dacelo — HORSF. Linn. Trans. XIII. 175.) RCHB. t. CCCCXXIX. 3168-69.   ...   101. L. melanops (Dac. — TEMM.) RCHB." (Reichenbach 1851); "Lacedo Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., 1851, p. 41. Type, by subsequent designation, Dacelo pulchella Horsfield. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 16)." (Peters 1945, V, 189).
Synon. Carcineutes.

pulchella / pulchellum / pulchellus
L. pulchellus  very pretty, beautiful little < dim. pulcher, pulchra  beautiful.
● ex “Grimpereau à longue queue du Sénégal” of Brisson 1760 (Cinnyris).

SUBSPECIES

Banded Kingfisher (Banded)
SCI Name: Lacedo pulchella [pulchella Group]
LACEDO
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Banded Kingfisher L. pulchella) Anagram of genus Dacelo Leach, 1815; "XXI. Lacedo RCHB.  Nat. Syst. d. Vögel.  —  Die in den vorigen Gattungen [Dacelo, Melidora] angedeutete Trennung des Kleides der beiden Geschlechter wird bei dieser vollkommen von allen übrigen gesonderten Form, in bestimmter Weise vollendet.   *100. L. pulchella (Dacelo — HORSF. Linn. Trans. XIII. 175.) RCHB. t. CCCCXXIX. 3168-69.   ...   101. L. melanops (Dac. — TEMM.) RCHB." (Reichenbach 1851); "Lacedo Reichenbach, Handb. spec. Orn., 1851, p. 41. Type, by subsequent designation, Dacelo pulchella Horsfield. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 16)." (Peters 1945, V, 189).
Synon. Carcineutes.

Banded Kingfisher (Black-faced)
SCI Name: Lacedo pulchella melanops
melanops
Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos  black; ωψ ōps, ωπος ōpos  face.
● ex “Rollier à Masque Noir” or “Kaialora de la Nouvelle Hollande” of Levaillant 1802, and “Black-faced Crow” of Latham 1802 (subsp. Coracina novaehollandiae).
● ex “Streaked Falcon” of Latham 1787 (Leucopternis).
● ex “Ypacahá cara negra” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 373 (Porphyriops).
● ex “Lindo pardo copete amarillo” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 101 (Trichothraupis).