Kingfisher Species (Index)

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Water Kingfisher Species

River Kingfisher Species

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher African Pygmy-Kingfisher (Ispidina picta)

Species in taxonomic sequence
Common name Binomial
Genus Alcedo
Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules
Common or European Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
Shining Blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
Bismarck Kingfisher Alcedo websteri
Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona
Indigo-banded Kingfisher Alcedo cyanopecta
Silvery Kingfisher Alcedo argentata
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
Madagascar Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo vintsioides
White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster
Cerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens
Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla
Príncipe Kingfisher Alcedo nais
São Tomé Kingfisher Alcedo thomensis
Genus Ceyx
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus
Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx melanurus
Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx fallax
Rufous-backed Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa
Variable Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus
Genus Ispidina
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina madagascariensis
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei

Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)



Tree Kingfishers


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