Pelargopsis
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pelargopsis-247-18311103
title:
Pelargopsis
text:
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". The genus contains three species: These three kingfishers were previously placed in the genus
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description:
Genus of birds
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargopsis
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date modified:
2024-03-09T15:18:30Z
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