Category:Megaceryle maxima

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Coraciiformes • Familia: Alcedinidae • Subfamilia: Cerylinae • Genus: Megaceryle • Species: Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769)

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Megaceryle maxima

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English: Giant Kingfisher
Afrikaans: Reusevisvanger
مصرى: الرفراف العملاق
български: Голямо черногърбо рибарче
català: alció gegant africà
čeština: rybařík velký
Cymraeg: pysgotwr mawr
dansk: Kæmpestødfisker
Deutsch: Riesenfischer
Esperanto: Giganta alciono
español: Martín gigante africano
eesti: hiid-kuningkalur
فارسی: ماهی‌خورک عظیم
suomi: afrikankeisarikalastaja
français: Martin-pêcheur géant
עברית: שלדג ענק
hrvatski: crnoglavi vodomar
magyar: óriás halkapó, Óriáshalkapó
italiano: Martin pescatore gigante
日本語: オオヤマセミ
lietuvių: didysis keršasis tulžys
македонски: џиновско рибарче
norsk bokmål: Kjempeisfugl
Nederlands: Afrikaanse Reuzenijsvogel
Diné bizaad: Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tábąąh naalzheehiitsoh
polski: rybaczek wielki
پنجابی: وڈا مچھی مار
português: guarda-rios-gigantes, guarda-rios-gigante, pica-peixe-gigante, Guarda-rios gigante
русский: Гигантский пегий зимородок
slovenčina: rybárec obrovský
slovenščina: orjaški pasat
svenska: jättekungsfiskare
українська: рибалочка-чубань африканський
Tiếng Việt: Bói cá lớn, Bói cá khổng lồ
中文: 大鱼狗

IOC link: Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769) subcat
IUCN: Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769) (old web site) (Least Concern)

Giant kingfisher

species of kingfisher in Africa

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Instance of

taxon

IUCN conservation status

Least Concern

Mass

30.6 g (birth weight)
363 g (adult weight)

Common name

English: Giant Kingfisher
Afrikaans: Reusevisvanger
مصرى: الرفراف العملاق
български: Голямо черногърбо рибарче
català: alció gegant africà
čeština: rybařík velký
Cymraeg: pysgotwr mawr
dansk: Kæmpestødfisker
Deutsch: Riesenfischer
Esperanto: Giganta alciono
español: Martín gigante africano
eesti: hiid-kuningkalur
فارسی: ماهی‌خورک عظیم
suomi: afrikankeisarikalastaja
français: Martin-pêcheur géant
עברית: שלדג ענק
hrvatski: crnoglavi vodomar
magyar: óriás halkapó
italiano: Martin pescatore gigante
日本語: オオヤマセミ
lietuvių: didysis keršasis tulžys
македонски: џиновско рибарче
norsk bokmål: Kjempeisfugl
Nederlands: Afrikaanse Reuzenijsvogel
Diné bizaad: Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tábąąh naalzheehiitsoh
polski: rybaczek wielki
پنجابی: وڈا مچھی مار
português: guarda-rios-gigantes, guarda-rios-gigante, pica-peixe-gigante
русский: Гигантский пегий зимородок
slovenčina: rybárec obrovský
slovenščina: orjaški pasat
svenska: jättekungsfiskare
українська: рибалочка-чубань африканський
Tiếng Việt: Bói cá lớn
中文: 大鱼狗

Taxonomy
Clade	Neocoelurosauria
Clade	Maniraptoriformes
Clade	Maniraptora
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Superorder	Coraciimorphae
Order	Coraciiformes
Suborder	Alcedines
Family	Alcedinidae
Subfamily	Cerylinae
Genus	Megaceryle
Species	Megaceryle maxima

Taxon author

Peter Simon Pallas, 1769

Authority file
Q731910 IUCN taxon ID: 22683616 NCBI taxonomy ID: 463374 ITIS TSN: 554634 Encyclopedia of Life ID: 1049956 GBIF taxon ID: 2475463 WoRMS-ID for taxa: 212592 Avibase taxon ID: F51C1C4A Xeno-canto species ID: Megaceryle-maxima iNaturalist taxon ID: 73010 eBird taxon ID: giakin3 IRMNG ID: 10840586 BirdLife taxon ID: 22683616
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Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

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Quality images of Megaceryle maxima (3 F)

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Megaceryle maxima in Gambia (5 F)
Giant Kingfisher in art (1 C, 4 F)

Pages in category "Megaceryle maxima"

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Megaceryle maxima

Media in category "Megaceryle maxima"

The following 95 files are in this category, out of 95 total.

African Spoonbills (Platalea alba) (52799566673).jpg 3,762 × 2,329; 1.58 MB
Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary-041.jpg 1,800 × 1,200; 605 KB
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Day 30 Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) male holding a Tilapia ... (53271722914).jpg 3,348 × 3,809; 1.64 MB
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Day 61 Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) male with its catch, a Mozambique Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) (53340474322).jpg 4,737 × 3,338; 2.65 MB
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Giant kingfisher, Kruger National Park, South Africa (14800717900).jpg 4,752 × 3,168; 8.24 MB
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Giant Kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima tossing a crab at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, South Africa, -bird -picture (6882609957).jpg 1,024 × 747; 322 KB
Giant Kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima, at Kruger National Park, South Africa - male (49232836678).jpg 4,933 × 3,293; 8.58 MB
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