- "Pelargopsis" was also invalidly given to Pelargopappus, a genus of fossil secretarybirds.
| Pelargopsis | |
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| Stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Pelargopsis Gloger, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Alcedo javana Boddaert, 1783
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| Species | |
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| Phylogeny |
| Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017)[1] |
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.[2] The type species is a subspecies of the stork-billed kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis javana.[3] The word Pelargopsis is derived from the classical Greek pelargos meaning "stork" and opsis meaning "appearance".[4]
- ^ Andersen, M.J.; McCullough, J.M.; Mauck III, W.M.; Smith, B.T.; Moyle, R.G. (2017). "A phylogeny of kingfishers reveals an Indomalayan origin and elevated rates of diversification on oceanic islands". Journal of Biogeography. 45 (2): 1–13. doi:10.1111/jbi.13139.
- ^ Gloger, Constantin Wilhelm Lambert (1842). Gemeinnütziges Hand- und Hilfsbuch der Naturgeschichte (in German). Vol. 1. Breslau: A. Schulz. p. 338. The title page is dated 1842.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 186.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.