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Order Species Family Scientific name Breeding subregions Nonbreeding subregions - CORACIIFORMES   African Dwarf Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Ispidina lecontei  AF Sierra Leone to Ghana; s Nigeria to w South Sudan, Uganda and c DR Congo; c Angola  African Pygmy Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ispidina picta  AF widespread  Amazon Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Chloroceryle amazona  MA, SA c Mexico to c Argentina  American Pygmy Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Chloroceryle aenea  MA, SA s Mexico to n Argentina  Azure Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx azureus  AU Moluccas, New Guinea and n, e Australia  Banded Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Lacedo pulchella  OR se Asia and Greater Sundas  Beach Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus saurophagus  AU Moluccas to Solomon Is.  Belted Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Megaceryle alcyon  NA widespread  Biak Paradise Kingfisher (NT)  i U    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera riedelii  AU Biak I.  Bismarck Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx websteri  AU Bismarck Arch.  Black-capped Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon pileata  OR India through Myanmar and China to Korean Pen.  Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera nigriceps  AU Bismarck Arch.  Blue-and-white Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus diops  AU n Moluccas  Blue-banded Kingfisher (CR)  i    Alcedinidae    Alcedo euryzona  OR Myanmar, Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas  Blue-black Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus nigrocyaneus  AU New Guinea  Blue-breasted Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon malimbica  AF c, w  Blue-eared Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Alcedo meninting  OR widespread  Blue-winged Kookaburra i    Alcedinidae    Dacelo leachii  AU s New Guinea and n Australia  Blyth's Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Alcedo hercules  OR e Nepal to c Vietnam  Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera danae  AU New Guinea  Brown-hooded Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon albiventris  AF e, se, wc  Brown-winged Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Pelargopsis amauroptera  OR e India to w Thailand coasts  Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera sylvia  AU New Guinea and ne Australia  Buru Dwarf Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx cajeli  AU Buru (c Moluccas)  Cerulean Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Alcedo coerulescens  OR, AU Sumatra to Lesser Sundas  Chattering Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus tutus  PO Society Is.  Chocolate-backed Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Halcyon badia  AF Sierra Leone to Ghana, s Nigeria to w South Sudan, Uganda and c DR Congo  Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus australasia  AU Lesser Sundas and Timor  Collared Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus chloris  OR, AU widespread from South Asia through Malaysia to Lesser Sundas; also ne AF and Arabian Pen.  Common Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Alcedo atthis  EU, OR widespread, also n AF, New Guinea  Common Paradise Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera galatea  AU New Guinea and Moluccas  Crested Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Megaceryle lugubris  OR, EU ne Afghanistan to c Vietnam and Japan  Dimorphic Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx margarethae  OR c, s Philippines  Flat-billed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus recurvirostris  PO w Samoa  Forest Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus macleayii  AU n, e Australia  Giant Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Megaceryle maxima  AF widespread  Glittering Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Caridonax fulgidus  AU Lombok to Flores (Lesser Sundas)  Great-billed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Pelargopsis melanorhyncha  AU Sulawesi  Green Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Chloroceryle americana  NA, MA, SA sw USA to n Argentina  Green-and-rufous Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Chloroceryle inda  MA, SA Nicaragua to n Bolivia and se Brazil; also w Colombia and nw Ecuador  Green-backed Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Actenoides monachus  AU Sulawesi  Grey-headed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon leucocephala  AF widespread  Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx nigromaxilla  AU Guadalcanal I. (s Solomon Is.)  Guam Kingfisher (EW)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus cinnamominus  PO Guam (s Mariana Is.) and Ryukyu Is. (Japan)  Half-collared Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Alcedo semitorquata  AF Ethiopia, Angola to Tanzania, s to Mozambique and s South Africa  Hombron's Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Actenoides hombroni  OR Philippines  Hook-billed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Melidora macrorrhina  AU New Guinea  Indigo-banded Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Ceyx cyanopectus  OR Philippines  Islet Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus colonus  AU islands off se New Guinea and Louisiade Arch.  Javan Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon cyanoventris  OR Java  Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera ellioti  AU Kofiau I.  Laughing Kookaburra i    Alcedinidae    Dacelo novaeguineae  AU e, sw Australia  Lazuli Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus lazuli  AU s Moluccas  Lilac Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Cittura cyanotis  AU Sulawesi  Little Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx pusillus  AU Moluccas to Solomon Is. and n Australia  Little Paradise Kingfisher (DD)  i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera hydrocharis  AU s New Guinea and Aru Is.  Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Corythornis madagascariensis  AF Madagascar  Makira Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx gentianus  AU San Cristóbal (e Solomon Is.)  Malachite Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Corythornis cristatus  AF widespread  Malagasy Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Corythornis vintsioides  AF Madagascar region  Malaita Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx malaitae  AU Malaita Is. (e Solomon Is.)  Mangareva Kingfisher (EX)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus gambieri †  PO Mangareva I. (Tuamotu Arch.)  Mangrove Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon senegaloides  AF e, se coasts  Manus Dwarf Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx dispar  AU Admiralty Is.  Mariana Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus albicilla  PO Mariana Is  Marquesan Kingfisher (CR)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus godeffroyi  PO Marquesas Is.  Melanesian Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus tristrami  AU Bismarck Arch. and nw, c Solomon Is.  Mewing Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus ruficollaris  PO Cook Is.  Moluccan Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx lepidus  AU Moluccas except Buru I.  Mountain Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Syma megarhyncha  AU New Guinea  Moustached Kingfisher (EN)  i    Alcedinidae    Actenoides bougainvillei  AU Solomon Is.  New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx sacerdotis  AU New Britain and Umboi Is. (Bismarck Arch.)  New Georgia Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx collectoris  AU Vella Lavella, New Georgia and Rendova Is. (wc Solomon Is.)  New Ireland Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx mulcatus  AU New Hanover, New Ireland and Lihir Is. (Bismarck Arch.)  Niau Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus gertrudae  PO Niau I. (Tuamotu Arch.)  North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx meeki  AU Buka and Bougainville e to Choiseul and Santa Isabel (w, c Solomon Is.)  Northern Silvery Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx flumenicola  OR Bohol, Leyte and Samar (ec Philippines)  Numfor Paradise Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera carolinae  AU Numfor I.  Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx erithaca  OR widespread  Pacific Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus sacer  AU sw Pacific  Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Ceyx solitarius  AU w Papuan islands, New Guinea, Aru Is. and D'Entrecasteaux Arch.  Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx melanurus  OR Philippines  Pied Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Ceryle rudis  AF, OR widespread, also Middle East  Pohnpei Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus reichenbachii  PO Pohnpei I. (e Caroline Is.)  Red-backed Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus pyrrhopygius  AU Australia  Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Tanysiptera nympha  AU New Guinea  Ringed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Megaceryle torquata  NA, MA, SA sw USA to Tierra del Fuego  Ruddy Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon coromanda  OR widespread, also e Asia  Rufous-bellied Kookaburra i    Alcedinidae    Dacelo gaudichaud  AU New Guinea  Rufous-collared Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Actenoides concretus  OR Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo  Rusty-capped Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus pelewensis  PO Palau Is. (w Caroline Is.)  Sacred Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus sanctus  OR, AU Australia, New Zealand and islands in the region  Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Actenoides princeps  AU Sulawesi  Shining-blue Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Alcedo quadribrachys  AF c, w  Shovel-billed Kookaburra i    Alcedinidae    Clytoceyx rex  AU New Guinea  Society Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus veneratus  PO Society Is.  Sombre Kingfisher (VU)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus funebris  AU n Moluccas  Southern Silvery Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx argentatus  OR Mindanao, Basilan, Dinagat and Siargao (s Philippines)  Spangled Kookaburra i    Alcedinidae    Dacelo tyro  AU s New Guinea and Aru Is.  Spotted Wood Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Actenoides lindsayi  OR Philippines  Stork-billed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Pelargopsis capensis  OR widespread  Striped Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon chelicuti  AF widespread  Sula Dwarf Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx wallacii  AU Sula Is.  Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Ceyx fallax  AU Sulawesi  Talaud Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus enigma  AU Talaud Is.  Torresian Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus sordidus  AU s New Guinea n to ec Australia  Ultramarine Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus leucopygius  AU Solomon Is.  Vanuatu Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus farquhari  AU Vanuatu  White-bellied Kingfisher i U    Alcedinidae    Corythornis leucogaster  AF c, w  White-mantled Kingfisher (NT)  i    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus albonotatus  AU Bismarck Arch.  White-throated Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon smyrnensis  OR widespread, also Middle East  Winchell's Kingfisher (VU)  i U    Alcedinidae    Todiramphus winchelli  OR Philippines  Woodland Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Halcyon senegalensis  AF widespread  Yellow-billed Kingfisher i    Alcedinidae    Syma torotoro  AU New Guinea and ne Australia 47%   54 species of 114 (1 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide