Alcedinidae
Bird family with 117 species
Species
African Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ispidina lecontei)
African Pygmy Kingfisher
(Ispidina picta)
Amazon Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle amazona)
American Pygmy Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle aenea)
Azure Kingfisher
(Ceyx azureus)
Banded Kingfisher
(Lacedo pulchella)
Beach Kingfisher
(Todiramphus saurophagus)
Belted Kingfisher
(Megaceryle alcyon)
Biak Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera riedelii)
Bismarck Kingfisher
(Ceyx websteri)
Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx erithaca)
Black-capped Kingfisher
(Halcyon pileata)
Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera nigriceps)
Blue-and-white Kingfisher
(Todiramphus diops)
Blue-black Kingfisher
(Todiramphus nigrocyaneus)
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
(Halcyon malimbica)
Blue-capped Kingfisher
(Actenoides hombroni)
Blue-eared Kingfisher
(Alcedo meninting)
Blue-winged Kookaburra
(Dacelo leachii)
Blyth's Kingfisher
(Alcedo hercules)
Brown-breasted Kingfisher
(Halcyon gularis)
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera danae)
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
(Halcyon albiventris)
Brown-winged Kingfisher
(Pelargopsis amauroptera)
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera sylvia)
Buru Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx cajeli)
Cerulean Kingfisher
(Alcedo coerulescens)
Chattering Kingfisher
(Todiramphus tutus)
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
(Halcyon badia)
Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher
(Todiramphus australasia)
Collared Kingfisher
(Todiramphus chloris)
Common Kingfisher
(Alcedo atthis)
Common Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera galatea)
Crested Kingfisher
(Megaceryle lugubris)
Dimorphic Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx margarethae)
Flat-billed Kingfisher
(Todiramphus recurvirostris)
Forest Kingfisher
(Todiramphus macleayii)
Giant Kingfisher
(Megaceryle maxima)
Great-billed Kingfisher
(Pelargopsis melanorhyncha)
Green Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle americana)
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle inda)
Green-backed Kingfisher
(Actenoides monachus)
Grey-headed Kingfisher
(Halcyon leucocephala)
Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx nigromaxilla)
Guam Kingfisher
(Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Half-collared Kingfisher
(Alcedo semitorquata)
Hook-billed Kingfisher
(Melidora macrorrhina)
Indigo-banded Kingfisher
(Ceyx cyanopectus)
Islet Kingfisher
(Todiramphus colonus)
Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher
(Alcedo euryzona)
Javan Kingfisher
(Halcyon cyanoventris)
Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera ellioti)
Laughing Kookaburra
(Dacelo novaeguineae)
Lazuli Kingfisher
(Todiramphus lazuli)
Little Kingfisher
(Ceyx pusillus)
Little Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera hydrocharis)
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher
(Corythornis madagascariensis)
Makira Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx gentianus)
Malachite Kingfisher
(Corythornis cristatus)
Malagasy Kingfisher
(Corythornis vintsioides)
Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher
(Alcedo peninsulae)
Mangrove Kingfisher
(Halcyon senegaloides)
Manus Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx dispar)
Mariana Kingfisher
(Todiramphus albicilla)
Marquesan Kingfisher
(Todiramphus godeffroyi)
Melanesian Kingfisher
(Todiramphus tristrami)
Mewing Kingfisher
(Todiramphus ruficollaris)
Moluccan Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx lepidus)
Mountain Kingfisher
(Syma megarhyncha)
Moustached Kingfisher
(Actenoides bougainvillei)
New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx sacerdotis)
New Georgia Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx collectoris)
New Ireland Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx mulcatus)
North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx meeki)
Northern Silvery Kingfisher
(Ceyx flumenicola)
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera carolinae)
Pacific Kingfisher
(Todiramphus sacer)
Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx solitarius)
Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx melanurus)
Pied Kingfisher
(Ceryle rudis)
Pohnpei Kingfisher
(Todiramphus reichenbachii)
Red-backed Kingfisher
(Todiramphus pyrrhopygius)
Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
(Tanysiptera nympha)
Ringed Kingfisher
(Megaceryle torquata)
Ruddy Kingfisher
(Halcyon coromanda)
Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx rufidorsa)
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
(Dacelo gaudichaud)
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
(Actenoides concretus)
Rufous-lored Kingfisher
(Todiramphus winchelli)
Rusty-capped Kingfisher
(Todiramphus pelewensis)
Sacred Kingfisher
(Todiramphus sanctus)
Sangihe Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx sangirensis)
Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher
(Cittura sanghirensis)
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher
(Actenoides princeps)
Shining-blue Kingfisher
(Alcedo quadribrachys)
Shovel-billed Kookaburra
(Dacelo rex)
Society Kingfisher
(Todiramphus veneratus)
Sombre Kingfisher
(Todiramphus funebris)
Southern Silvery Kingfisher
(Ceyx argentatus)
Spangled Kookaburra
(Dacelo tyro)
Spotted Wood Kingfisher
(Actenoides lindsayi)
Stork-billed Kingfisher
(Pelargopsis capensis)
Striped Kingfisher
(Halcyon chelicuti)
Sula Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx wallacii)
Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher
(Ceyx fallax)
Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher
(Cittura cyanotis)
Talaud Kingfisher
(Todiramphus enigma)
Torresian Kingfisher
(Todiramphus sordidus)
Tuamotu Kingfisher
(Todiramphus gambieri)
Ultramarine Kingfisher
(Todiramphus leucopygius)
Vanuatu Kingfisher
(Todiramphus farquhari)
White-bellied Kingfisher
(Corythornis leucogaster)
White-mantled Kingfisher
(Todiramphus albonotatus)
White-rumped Kingfisher
(Caridonax fulgidus)
White-throated Kingfisher
(Halcyon smyrnensis)
Woodland Kingfisher
(Halcyon senegalensis)
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
(Syma torotoro)
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