Ispidina
{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Ispidina
| image = Flickr - Rainbirder - African pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx pictus).jpg
| image_caption = African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
| image2 = African Dwarf Kingfisher imported from iNaturalist photo 63245181.jpg
| image2_caption = African dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
| taxon = Ispidina
| authority = Kaup, 1848
| type_species = Todus pictus{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=86 |title= Alcedinidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-25}}
| type_species_authority = Boddaert, 1783
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = see text
| range_map = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=200|plain=yes|from=African pygmy kingfisher range.map}}
| range_map_caption = African pygmy kingfisher range
{{leftlegend|#242e61|Extant (resident)}}
{{leftlegend|#b66401|Extant (breeding)}}
| range_map2 = {{maplink|frame=yes|frame-width=200|plain=yes|from=African dwarf kingfisher range.map}}
| range_map2_caption = African dwarf kingfisher range
}}
Ispidina is a genus of small insectivorous African river kingfishers.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848 with the African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta) as the type species.{{cite journal | last=Kaup | first=Johann Jakob | author-link=Johann Jakob Kaup | year=1848 | title=Die Familie der Eisvögel (Alcedidae) | journal=Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins für das Großherzogthum Hessen und Umgebung | volume=2 | pages=71–72 | oclc=183221382 | language=German }}{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1945 | title=Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 5 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=177 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480188 }} The genus is the sister group to the genus Corythornis containing four small African kingfishers.{{ cite journal | last1=Andersen | first1=M.J. | last2=McCullough | first2=J.M. | last3=Mauck III | first3=W.M. | last4=Smith | first4=B.T. | last5=Moyle | first5=R.G. | year=2017 | title=A phylogeny of kingfishers reveals an Indomalayan origin and elevated rates of diversification on oceanic islands | journal=Journal of Biogeography | volume=44 | issue=2 | pages=269–281 | doi=10.1111/jbi.13139 | doi-access= | s2cid=90416559 }}
Species
{{Species table |genus= Ispidina |authority-name= Kaup |authority-year=1848 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row
|name= African pygmy kingfisher|binomial=Ispidina picta
|image=File:African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) (33161482716).jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Boddaert|authority-year= 1783|authority-not-original=yes
|range= Africa south of the Sahara
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|range-image-size=180px
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|iucn-status= LC
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|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
|I. p. picta (Boddaert, 1783)
| I. p. ferrugina Clancey, 1984
| I. p. natalensis (Smith, A, 1832)
}}
}}
{{Species table/row
|name=African dwarf kingfisher |binomial=Ispidina lecontei
|image=File:African Dwarf Kingfisher imported from iNaturalist photo 63245166.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Cassin|authority-year= 1856 |authority-not-original=
|range= Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda.
|range-image=File:Martin-pêcheur à tête rousse - Habitat.jpg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Two subspecies |bullets=on
|I. l. ruficeps Hartlaub, 1857
| I. l. lecontei Cassin, 1856
}}
}}
{{Species table/end}}
These similar small kingfishers can be distinguished by the blue crown of the African pigmy kingfisher. They have different habit preferences and have mostly non-overlapping ranges. The slightly smaller African dwarf kingfisher occurs in tropical rainforests while the African pygmy kingfisher occurs in dry grassy woodland.{{cite book | last1=Fry | first1=C. Hilary| last2=Fry | first2=Kathie| last3=Harris | first3=Alan | year=1992 | title=Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers| publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-0-7136-8028-7 | pages=195–198 }}
References
{{Commons category|Ispidina}}
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