Pelargopsis
- "Pelargopsis" was also invalidly given to Pelargopappus, a genus of fossil secretarybirds.
| Pelargopsis | |
|---|---|
| Stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Pelargopsis Gloger, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Alcedo javana Boddaert, 1783 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Phylogeny |
| Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017) |
Pelargopsis is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia.
The genus was introduced by the German zoologist Constantin Gloger in 1841. The type species is a subspecies of the stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis javana. The word Pelargopsis is derived from the classical Greek pelargos meaning "stork" and opsis meaning "appearance".