birding...

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://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://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://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...

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

Glittering Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus

http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/142179/0

Although this species may have a restricted range, it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation)...

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.birds.com/species/f-j/green-kingfisher/

The smallest of the three different Kingfisher species found in the United States, the Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), is about 19 cm long and features the large beak and short tail which is typical of the species...

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.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.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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronesian_Kingfisher

The Micronesian Kingfisher, Todiramphus cinnamominus, is a species of kingfisher from the Pacific Islands of Guam, Pohnpei and Palau. One of its subspecies, the Guam Kingfisher, is restricted to a captive breeding program following its extinction in the wild due to the introduced brown tree snake...

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://pdubois.free.fr/espece.php?MyEspece=MEGTOR

Excellent crisp image

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

Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus

http://www.perthlaw.biz/birdintro/Bird%20Menu/Kingfishers/kingfishers.htm

Several [good] images

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

Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

Gallery

Excellent image

Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona

Gallery

Excellent image

American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea

Gallery

Good image

Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea

Gallery

[Painted] Image

Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea

Gallery

Excellent images

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Gallery

Excellent image

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Gallery

Very fine image

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Gallery

[Painted] Image

Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon

Gallery

Lots of [digiscoped] images

Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

Gallery

[in-hand] image

Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica

Gallery

Image

Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting

Gallery

Excellent image

Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii

Gallery

Excellent image

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Gallery

Excellent images

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Gallery

Excellent image

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Gallery

Image

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Gallery

Image

Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana

Gallery

Image

Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

Gallery

Excellent head shot

Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae

Gallery

excellent image of pair

Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata

Gallery

Excellent image & notes

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Gallery

Image

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Gallery

Image

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Gallery

Images

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Gallery

[good] image

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Gallery

Fine image

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Gallery

Image

Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata

Gallery

Excellent image

Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus

Gallery

Excellent images

Shining Blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys

Gallery

Species account with image...

Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis

Gallery

Totally stunning image!

Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti

Gallery

Images

White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster

Gallery

Species accounts...

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

Gallery

Excellent image

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

Gallery

Excellent [in-hand] image

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

Gallery

Excellent images

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

Gallery

Excellent image

Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro

Gallery

Image