Alcedinidae
Alcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821
Alcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821
Alcedo meninting, the blue-eared kingfisher, is a small resident kingfisher found across South and Southeast Asian forest waterways.
Alcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850
Alcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850
Shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) is an Alcedinidae bird native to tropical Africa with two recognized subspecies.
Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot, 1818
Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot, 1818
Alcedo coerulescens, the cerulean kingfisher, is a small kingfisher native to Indonesia that lives in low-lying wet habitats.
Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Alcedo atthis, the common kingfisher, is a small kingfisher found across Eurasia and North Africa, with seven recognized subspecies.
Alcedo semitorquata Swainson, 1823
Alcedo semitorquata Swainson, 1823
Alcedo semitorquata (half-collared kingfisher) is a medium-sized kingfisher with distinct plumage and sex-differentiated bill color.
Alcedo euryzona peninsulae Laubmann, 1941
Alcedo euryzona peninsulae Laubmann, 1941
The Javan blue-banded kingfisher is a rare, declining small kingfisher species endemic to Java.
Ceyx erithaca erithaca
Ceyx erithaca erithaca
Ceyx erithaca erithaca, the black-backed dwarf kingfisher, is a tiny three-toed kingfisher from South and Southeast Asian forests.
Ceyx azureus (Latham, 1801)
Ceyx azureus (Latham, 1801)
Ceyx azureus, the azure kingfisher, is a small colourful kingfisher found across Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands.
Ceyx pusillus Temminck, 1836
Ceyx pusillus Temminck, 1836
Ceyx pusillus (the little kingfisher) is a very small kingfisher found in northern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.
Ceyx erithaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ceyx erithaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ceyx erithaca, the black-backed dwarf kingfisher, is a small three-toed kingfisher native to South and Southeast Asian forests.
Corythornis cristatus (Pallas, 1764)
Corythornis cristatus (Pallas, 1764)
Corythornis cristatus, the malachite kingfisher, is a small brightly colored kingfisher widespread across most of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Corythornis vintsioides (Eydoux & Gervais, 1836)
Corythornis vintsioides (Eydoux & Gervais, 1836)
The Malagasy kingfisher is an Alcedinidae bird found in Madagascar, Mayotte, and Comoros that lives in subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Corythornis madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Corythornis madagascariensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Corythornis madagascariensis, the Madagascar pygmy kingfisher, is an Alcedinidae bird endemic to Madagascar's western dry deciduous forests.
Ispidina picta (Boddaert, 1783)
Ispidina picta (Boddaert, 1783)
Ispidina picta, the African pygmy kingfisher, is a small African kingfisher found widely in savanna and woodland south of the Sahara.
Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Megaceryle alcyon, the belted kingfisher, is a medium-sized North American kingfisher that hunts fish near water.
Megaceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Megaceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Megaceryle torquata, the ringed kingfisher, is a Neotropical kingfisher found from southern Texas south to South America, with expanding range northward.
Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834)
Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834)
Megaceryle lugubris, the crested kingfisher, is a large black-and-white kingfisher found across parts of Asia with specific nesting habits.
Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769)
Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769)
Megaceryle maxima, the giant kingfisher, is a large kingfisher with distinct plumage differences between sexes and subspecies.
Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ceryle rudis, the pied kingfisher, is a widespread medium-sized kingfisher found across Africa and southern Asia with multiple recognized subspecies.
Chloroceryle americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)
Chloroceryle americana (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)
Chloroceryle americana, the green kingfisher, is a small resident kingfisher found in freshwater wooded shoreline habitats across the Americas.
Chloroceryle inda (Linnaeus, 1766)
Chloroceryle inda (Linnaeus, 1766)
The green-and-rufous kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda) is a Neotropical kingfisher that lives in lowland forested waterways.
Chloroceryle aenea (Pallas, 1764)
Chloroceryle aenea (Pallas, 1764)
Chloroceryle aenea, the American pygmy kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with two subspecies distributed across the Americas in dense forest near water.
Chloroceryle amazona (Latham, 1790)
Chloroceryle amazona (Latham, 1790)
The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a large New World kingfisher distributed from Mexico to central Argentina.
Halcyon badia J.Verreaux & É.Verreaux, 1851
Halcyon badia J.Verreaux & É.Verreaux, 1851
Halcyon badia, the chocolate-backed kingfisher, is a distinctively colored kingfisher native to African tropical rainforests.
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