Great-billed Kingfisher / Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
WBN 
Great-billed Kingfisher
SCI Name:
Protonym: Alcedo melanorhyncha Pl.Col. livr.66 pl.391
Taxonomy: Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Pelargopsis
Taxonomy Code: blbkin1
Type Locality: Celebes.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
PELARGOPSIS
(Alcedinidae; Ϯ Stork-billed Kingfisher P. capensis javana) Gr. πελαργος pelargos stork; οψις opsis appearance; "Mehrere andere würde man allenfalls Storchschnäbler (Pelargopsis) nennen können. Denn sowohl ihre, noch größeren und bedeutend stärkeren Schnäbel, die übrigens noch nirgends aufgetrieben erscheinen, wie ihre dickeren Köpfe, gleichen mehr jenen der Störche. Vielleicht, daß sie auch, gleich diesen, mehr von kleinen Wasserfröschen, Froschlarven, oder sonst von Amphibien leben, als von Fischen." (Gloger 1841); "Pelargopsis Gloger, Hand-und Hilfsb. Naturg., 1842 (1841), p. 338. Diagnosis only, no type nor included species. Species added, Cabanis and Heine, Mus. Hein., Th. 2, 1860, p. 156-157. Type, Alcedo javana Boddaert.1 ... 1 Here definitely designated for the first time." (Peters 1945, V, 186).
Synon. Alcyon, Hylcaon, Pelargopsioides, Ramphalcyon.
melanorhyncha / melanorhynchos / melanorhynchus
Late Med. L. melanorhynchos black-billed < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Black-billed Tropic Bird” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Phaethon rubricauda).
SUBSPECIES
Great-billed Kingfisher (melanorhyncha)
SCI Name: Pelargopsis melanorhyncha melanorhyncha
melanorhyncha / melanorhynchos / melanorhynchus
Late Med. L. melanorhynchos black-billed < Gr. μελας melas, μελανος melanos black; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
● ex “Black-billed Tropic Bird” of Latham 1785 (subsp. Phaethon rubricauda).
Great-billed Kingfisher (dichrorhyncha)
SCI Name: Pelargopsis melanorhyncha dichrorhyncha
dichrorhyncha / dichrorhynchus
Gr. διχρως dikhrōs two-coloured < δι- di- double < δις dis twice < δυο duo two; χρως khrōs, χρωτος khrōtos complexion; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
Great-billed Kingfisher (eutreptorhyncha)
SCI Name: Pelargopsis melanorhyncha eutreptorhyncha
eutreptorhyncha
Gr. ευτρεπτος eutreptos versatile, ready; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
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)
