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Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis © Laurence Poh http://www.laurencepoh.com/ There are, according to the IOC 95 species of Kingfishers in the family Alcedinidae; they are: Green-backed Kingfisher Actenoides monachus Scaly-breasted Kingfisher Actenoides princeps Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei Spotted Wood Kingfisher Actenoides lindsayi Hombron's Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella Galatea Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti Biak Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera riedelii Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera carolinae Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nigriceps Fairy Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nympha Russet Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis Shovel-billed Kookaburra Clytoceyx rex Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud Glittering Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis Great-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis melanorhyncha Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides Blue-black Kingfisher Todiramphus nigrocyaneus Winchell's Kingfisher Todiramphus winchelli Blue-and-white Kingfisher Todiramphus diops Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii White-mantled Kingfisher Todiramphus albonotatus Ultramarine Kingfisher Todiramphus leucopygius Vanuatu Kingfisher Todiramphus farquhari Sombre Kingfisher Todiramphus funebris Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Talaud Kingfisher Todiramphus enigma Micronesian Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia Chattering Kingfisher Todiramphus tutus Mewing Kingfisher Todiramphus ruficollaris Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus Tuamotu Kingfisher Todiramphus gambieri Marquesan Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina madagascariensis Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx melanurus Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx fallax Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopecta Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx argentata Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azurea Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusilla White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster Principe Kingfisher Alcedo nais Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata Sao Tome Kingfisher Alcedo thomensis Malagasy Kingfisher Alcedo vintsioides Cerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

family links

Alcedinidae - Kingfishers, Kookaburras http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/winkler/botw/alcedinidae.html Background on 91 species...

species links

African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/pygmy.htm Image with notes African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-22.html Image Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/amazon%20kingfisher.html Like the Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata); it prefers open, sunlit streams and bodies of water while the other smaller Kingfishers are found more in small streams with lots of vegetation for cover... Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/wcs/042690.HTM Belize data Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-90.html Image American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-93.html [obscured] image Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea http://www.birdwatching-australia.com/azure_kingfisher.htm Image & notes Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea http://www.amonline.net.au/birds/gallery/eggs/103.htm Image of egg Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-6.html Image Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3900id.html Species account Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/ceryle/c._alcyon$narrative.html Very full species account with references etc. Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/wilderness/birds/kingfish.htm Brief profile with [excellent] image Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.nenature.com/BeltedKingfisher.htm Profile with excellent image and distribution maps etc... Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0227.htm Full profile with [rather pale painted] image Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/beltedkingfishe.html Image and essay Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/F25_G1a.html Audubon's original species account Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Birds/MMMN/English/a_belted_kingfisher.html Profile with image and distribution map for Manitoba... Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.bedfordaudubon.org/birds/beki01.html Image & notes Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://fsc.fernbank.edu/Birding/birdID/kingfisher.htm Excellent image & profile Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.borealforest.org/birds/kingfisher.htm Image and profile Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/birds/birdpages/cer_alc.htm Canadian distribution Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://wildspace.ec.gc.ca/life.cfm?ID=BEKI&Lang=e Life history & links Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://home.bluemarble.net/~pqn/ch11-20/kingfish.html Extensive species account with references etc... Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/wdb/pub/hsi/hsi-087.pdf pdf file on habitat suitability... Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon http://www.bird-friends.com/BirdPage.php?name=Belted%20Kingfisher Profile & images Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Halcyon_pileata.htm Species account and image with references etc.. Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii http://www.birdwatching-australia.com/kookab.html In Australia the Blue-winged Kookaburra is distributed widely in tropical and subtropical eucalypt woodlands... Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-26.html Sound recordings and images Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii http://rainforest-australia.com/blue-winged%20kookaburra.html Image & profile Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-43.html Annotated Image Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia http://www.birdwatching-australia.com/buff.htm Image and brief profile Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-84.html Account & Superb image Collared Kingfisher Halcyon chloris http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Halcyon_chloris.htm Species profile with images etc... Collared Kingfisher Halcyon chloris http://www.wildsingapore.com/chekjawa/text/m221.htm Image & profile Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/Collared+kingfisher+vulnerable+species+listing Distribuion data... Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-56.html Images Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis http://www.birdsofbritain.co.uk/bird-guide/kingfisher.htm Full species account and status in the UK Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-2.html Sound Recordings and a number of images Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Alcedo_atthis.htm Fact sheet with images and references... Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis http://birdcare.com/birdon/sonb/kingfisher.html Basic info plus links to some [painted] images... Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-86.html [very poor] image Forest Kingfisher Todirhamphus macleayii http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/picpages/pic89-49-1.html Excellent image Forest Kingfisher Todirhamphus macleayii http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-49.html Sound recorder and images... Forest Kingfisher Todirhamphus macleayii http://www.featherdale.com.au/featherdale/featherdale.ns4/Animals/Forest+Kingfisher Painted image & notes Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/giant_kf.htm Image & notes Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima http://www.bushveld.co.za/giantkingfisher.htm Image & notes Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala http://www.honoluluzoo.org/Gray-headed_Kingfisher.htm Short species account and image etc. Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i3910id.html Species account Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/greenkingfisher.html Images Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/npws.nsf/Content/The+laughing+kookaburra Profile Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.birdwatching-australia.com/kookal.html The Laughing Kookaburra is endemic to the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia... Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/animals/kookaburra.html Image & notes Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/laughing_kookaburra.htm Species account with references, images, egg and feather etc... Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=345 Fact file with images Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.tvwc.org/HTML/laughing%20kookaburra.htm Very good image & notes Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.amonline.net.au/birds/gallery/eggs/104.htm Image of egg Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/birds/kooka.htm Very simple profile & image Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae http://www.usefilm.com/image/181069.html Very fine image Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~eq6i-imi/wildbird/australia/kingfisher_e.html Image Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~sterba/africa/6/mkingfisher.htm Image Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata http://www.naturalia.org/ZOO/AN_CIELO/e_martin_c.html [fuzzy] image Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/king-mal.htm Species Account & Image Micronesian Kingfisher Todirhamphus cinnamominus Study http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/lists/e101034.htm Full taxonomy Micronesian Kingfisher Todirhamphus cinnamominus Study https://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=B061 Full conservation species account Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/Birds/pied_kingfisher.htm Excellent image Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis http://www.naturalia.org/ZOO/AN_CIELO/e_martin_b.html Image [eating frog] Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-89.html Some excellent images Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/pied.htm Image & notes Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/ringed%20kingfisher.html Their small feet are too small for swimming and their toes show syndactylism - a fancy word meaning that the 3rd and 4th toes are joined up the middle... Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/Infocenter/i3901id.html Fully comprehensive species account with images, references et al... Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata http://pdubois.free.fr/espece.php?MyEspece=MEGTOR Excellent crisp image Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/wcs/042670.HTM Distribution and references Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-88.html Excellent images Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata http://webserv.nhl.nl/~ribot/english/ceto_ng.htm Distribution in Suriname with [very poor] image Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-34.html Sound recordings Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~jx7k-nkt/hyakuyaku/akasyoubin2.htm Image and essay Rufous-backed Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/wildlife/sanc/lanjak/rbkfish.htm Excellent image Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus http://www.perthlaw.biz/birdintro/Bird%20Menu/Kingfishers/kingfishers.htm Several [good] images Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus http://birdingwa.iinet.net.au/birds/species/sacred_kingfisher.htm [In-hand] image etc... Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-61.html Sound recording and image Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus http://www.austmus.gov.au/factsheets/sacred_kingfisher.htm Fact sheet with images including that of an egg... Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/picpages/pic89-27-1.html [Poor] Image Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/Birds/stork_billed_kingfisher.htm Superb Image & notes Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Pelargopsis_capensis.htm Fact sheet with images and references Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-32.html Images Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti http://www.kenyalogy.com/eng/fauna/alcione.html [good] image with brief profile Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/striped.htm Image with notes White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis http://www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/birds/Halcyon_smyrnensis.htm Species profile with images, references etc... White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-36.html Species Account & Images Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis http://www.mangoverde.com/birdsound/spec/spec89-40.html Images Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis http://www.kenyabirds.org.uk/woodland_kingfisher.htm Image & notes

numbers

Number of bird species: 95

useful reading

Kingfishers

Kingfishers

Kingfishers and Kookaburras

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers

other links

Kingfishers

Kingfishers

Kingfishers and their related birds

Kingfishers: Common, Pied, Kookaburra

Micronesian Kingfisher Todirhamphus cinnamominus Study

artists

Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea

Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea

Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica

Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting

Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana

Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus

Shining Blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys

Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis

Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti

White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro