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).