Editing Common kingfisher (section)

==Taxonomy==
The common kingfisher was first described by [[Carl Linnaeus]] in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|10th edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' in 1758 as ''Gracula atthis''.<ref name=Linnaeus/><ref>Note: What is now the subspecies ''A. a. ispida'' is described on p.&nbsp;115 as ''Alcedo ispida''.</ref><ref>{{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=171 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14480182 }}</ref> The modern binomial name derives from the [[Latin]] ''{{lang|la|[[:wikt:alcedo|alcedo]]}}'', 'kingfisher' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|el|[[:wikt:ἀλκυών|ἀλκυών]]}}, ''{{lang|el|halcyon}}''), and ''Atthis'', a beautiful young woman of [[Lesbos Island|Lesbos]], and favourite of [[Sappho]].<ref name =BTO>{{cite web| title= Kingfisher ''Alcedo atthis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) |work= Bird facts |url=http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/results/bob8310.htm |publisher=[[British Trust for Ornithology]] |access-date= 21 August 2008 }}</ref>

The genus ''[[Alcedo]]'' comprises seven small kingfishers that all eat fish as part of their diet. The common kingfisher's closest relative is the [[cerulean kingfisher]] that has white underparts and is found in parts of Indonesia.<ref name=moyle2007>{{cite journal | last1=Moyle | first1=R.G. | last2=Fuchs | first2=J. | last3=Pasquet | first3=E. | last4=Marks | first4=B.D. | year=2007 | title=Feeding behavior, toe count, and the phylogenetic relationships among alcedinine kingfishers (Alcedininae) | journal=Journal of Avian Biology | volume=38 | issue=3 | pages=317–326 | doi=10.1111/J.2007.0908-8857.03921.x }}</ref><ref name= Fry/>