Home > World bird families > Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

This list is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

Visit Kingfishers on Aviceda’s Wild-bird Gallery

1. Green-backed Kingfisher   Actenoides monachus
2. Scaly-breasted Kingfisher   Actenoides princeps
3. Moustached Kingfisher   Actenoides bougainvillei
4. Spotted Wood Kingfisher   Actenoides lindsayi
5. Hombron’s Kingfisher   Actenoides hombroni
6. Rufous-collared Kingfisher   Actenoides concretus
7. Hook-billed Kingfisher   Melidora macrorrhina
8. Banded Kingfisher   Lacedo pulchella
9. Common Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera galatea
10. Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera ellioti
11. Biak Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera riedelii
12. Numfor Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera carolinae
13. Little Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera hydrocharis
14. Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera sylvia
15. Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera nigriceps
16. Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera nympha
17. Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher   Tanysiptera danae
18. Lilac Kingfisher   Cittura cyanotis
19. Shovel-billed Kookaburra   Clytoceyx rex
20. Laughing Kookaburra   Dacelo novaeguineae
21. Blue-winged Kookaburra   Dacelo leachii
22. Spangled Kookaburra   Dacelo tyro
23. Rufous-bellied Kookaburra   Dacelo gaudichaud
24. Glittering Kingfisher   Caridonax fulgidus
25. Stork-billed Kingfisher   Pelargopsis capensis
26. Great-billed Kingfisher   Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
27. Brown-winged Kingfisher   Pelargopsis amauroptera
28. Ruddy Kingfisher   Halcyon coromanda
29. White-throated Kingfisher   Halcyon smyrnensis
30. Javan Kingfisher   Halcyon cyanoventris
31. Chocolate-backed Kingfisher   Halcyon badia
32. Black-capped Kingfisher   Halcyon pileata
33. Grey-headed Kingfisher   Halcyon leucocephala
34. Brown-hooded Kingfisher   Halcyon albiventris
35. Striped Kingfisher   Halcyon chelicuti
36. Blue-breasted Kingfisher   Halcyon malimbica
37. Woodland Kingfisher   Halcyon senegalensis
38. Mangrove Kingfisher   Halcyon senegaloides
39. Blue-black Kingfisher   Todiramphus nigrocyaneus
40. Winchell’s Kingfisher   Todiramphus winchelli
41. Blue-and-white Kingfisher   Todiramphus diops
42. Lazuli Kingfisher   Todiramphus lazuli
43. Forest Kingfisher   Todiramphus macleayii
44. White-mantled Kingfisher   Todiramphus albonotatus
45. Ultramarine Kingfisher   Todiramphus leucopygius
46. Vanuatu Kingfisher   Todiramphus farquhari
47. Sombre Kingfisher   Todiramphus funebris
48. Collared Kingfisher   Todiramphus chloris
49. Talaud Kingfisher   Todiramphus enigma
50. Micronesian Kingfisher   Todiramphus cinnamominus
51. Beach Kingfisher   Todiramphus saurophagus
52. Sacred Kingfisher   Todiramphus sanctus
53. Flat-billed Kingfisher   Todiramphus recurvirostris
54. Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher   Todiramphus australasia
55. Chattering Kingfisher   Todiramphus tutus
56. Mewing Kingfisher   Todiramphus ruficollaris
57. Society Kingfisher   Todiramphus veneratus
58. Tuamotu Kingfisher   Todiramphus gambieri
59. Marquesan Kingfisher   Todiramphus godeffroyi
60. Red-backed Kingfisher   Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
61. Yellow-billed Kingfisher   Syma torotoro
62. Mountain Kingfisher   Syma megarhyncha
63. African Dwarf Kingfisher   Ispidina lecontei
64. African Pygmy Kingfisher   Ispidina picta
65. Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher   Corythornis madagascariensis
66. White-bellied Kingfisher   Corythornis leucogaster
67. Principe Kingfisher   Corythornis nais
68. Malachite Kingfisher   Corythornis cristatus
69. Sao Tome Kingfisher   Corythornis thomensis
70. Malagasy Kingfisher   Corythornis vintsioides
71. Cerulean Kingfisher   Alcedo coerulescens
72. Blue-banded Kingfisher   Alcedo euryzona
73. Shining-blue Kingfisher   Alcedo quadribrachys
74. Blue-eared Kingfisher   Alcedo meninting
75. Common Kingfisher   Alcedo atthis
76. Half-collared Kingfisher   Alcedo semitorquata
77. Blyth’s Kingfisher   Alcedo hercules
78. Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher   Ceyx erithaca
79. Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher   Ceyx melanurus
80. Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher   Ceyx fallax
81. Variable Dwarf Kingfisher   Ceyx lepidus
82. Indigo-banded Kingfisher   Ceyx cyanopectus
83. Silvery Kingfisher   Ceyx argentatus
84. Azure Kingfisher   Ceyx azureus
85. Bismarck Kingfisher   Ceyx websteri
86. Little Kingfisher   Ceyx pusillus
87. American Pygmy Kingfisher   Chloroceryle aenea
88. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher   Chloroceryle inda
89. Green Kingfisher   Chloroceryle americana
90. Amazon Kingfisher   Chloroceryle amazona
91. Crested Kingfisher   Megaceryle lugubris
92. Giant Kingfisher   Megaceryle maxima
93. Ringed Kingfisher   Megaceryle torquata
94. Belted Kingfisher   Megaceryle alcyon
95. Pied Kingfisher   Ceryle rudis