Alcedinidae - Kingfishers

092 Alcedinidae • Kingfishers - IOC 2.5 2010

The kingfishers, Alcedinidae, comprise three clades, Alcedininae, Cerylinae, and Daceloninae, which some taxonomists elevate to family status.

Actenoides monachus - Green-backed Kingfisher - Sulawesi
Actenoides princeps - Scaly-breasted Kingfisher - Sulawesi
Actenoides bougainvillei - Moustached Kingfisher - Solomon Islands
Actenoides lindsayi - Spotted Wood Kingfisher - Philippines
Actenoides hombroni - Hombron's Kingfisher - Philippines
Actenoides concretus - Rufous-collared Kingfisher - Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo

Melidora macrorrhina - Hook-billed Kingfisher - New Guinea

Lacedo pulchella - Banded Kingfisher - Southeast Asia, Greater Sundas

Tanysiptera galatea - Common Paradise Kingfisher - New Guinea, Moluccas - new name
Tanysiptera ellioti - Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher - Kofiau Island
Tanysiptera riedelii - Biak Paradise Kingfisher - Biak Island
Tanysiptera carolinae - Numfor Paradise Kingfisher - Numfor Island - new name
Tanysiptera hydrocharis - Little Paradise Kingfisher - S New Guinea, Aru Islands
Tanysiptera sylvia - Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher - New Guinea, NE Australia
Tanysiptera nigriceps - Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher - Bismarck Archipelago
Tanysiptera nympha - Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher - New Guinea - new name
Tanysiptera danae - Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher - New Guinea - new name

Cittura cyanotis - Lilac Kingfisher - Sulawesi

Clytoceyx rex - Shovel-billed Kookaburra - New Guinea

Dacelo novaeguineae - Laughing Kookaburra - E, SW Australia
Dacelo leachii - Blue-winged Kookaburra - S New Guinea, N Australia
Dacelo tyro - Spangled Kookaburra - S New Guinea, Aru Islands
Dacelo gaudichaud - Rufous-bellied Kookaburra - New Guinea

Caridonax fulgidus - Glittering Kingfisher - Lesser Sundas

Pelargopsis capensis - Stork-billed Kingfisher - Widespread Asia
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha - Great-billed Kingfisher - Sulawesi
Pelargopsis amauroptera - Brown-winged Kingfisher - E India to W Thailand coasts

Halcyon coromanda - Ruddy Kingfisher - Widespread Asia, also E Asia
Halcyon smyrnensis - White-throated Kingfisher - Widespread Asia, also Middle East
Halcyon cyanoventris - Javan Kingfisher - Java
Halcyon badia - Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - C, W Africa
Halcyon pileata - Black-capped Kingfisher - Widespread Asia
Halcyon leucocephala - Grey-headed Kingfisher - Widespread Africa
Halcyon albiventris - Brown-hooded Kingfisher - E, SE, WC Africa
Halcyon chelicuti - Striped Kingfisher - Widespread Africa
Halcyon malimbica - Blue-breasted Kingfisher - C, W Africa
Halcyon senegalensis - Woodland Kingfisher - Widespread Africa
Halcyon senegaloides - Mangrove Kingfisher - E, SE coast Africa

Todiramphus nigrocyaneus - Blue-black Kingfisher - New Guinea
Todiramphus winchelli - Winchell's Kingfisher - Philippines
Todiramphus diops - Blue-and-white Kingfisher - N Moluccas
Todiramphus lazuli - Lazuli Kingfisher - S Moluccas
Todiramphus macleayii - Forest Kingfisher - N, E Australia - New Guinea
Todiramphus albonotatus - White-mantled Kingfisher - Bismarck Archipelago
Todiramphus leucopygius - Ultramarine Kingfisher - Solomon Islands
Todiramphus farquhari - Vanuatu Kingfisher - Vanuatu
Todiramphus funebris - Sombre Kingfisher - N Moluccas
Todiramphus chloris - Collared Kingfisher - Widespread Asia and Australasia, also NE & Arabian Peninsula
Todiramphus enigma - Talaud Kingfisher - Talaud Islands
Todiramphus cinnamominus - Micronesian Kingfisher - Guam, Palau Islands, Caroline islands
Todiramphus saurophagus - Beach Kingfisher - Moluccas to Solomon Islands
Todiramphus sanctus - Sacred Kingfisher - Sumatra to New Guinea
Todiramphus recurvirostris - Flat-billed Kingfisher - Samoa
Todiramphus australasia - Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher - Lesser Sundas, Timor
Todiramphus tutus - Chattering Kingfisher - Society Islands
Todiramphus ruficollaris - Mewing Kingfisher - Cook Islands
Todiramphus veneratus - Society Kingfisher - Society Islands
Todiramphus gambieri - Tuamotu Kingfisher - Tuamotu Archipelago
Todiramphus godeffroyi - Marquesan Kingfisher - Marquesas Islands
Todiramphus pyrrhopygius - Red-backed Kingfisher - Australia

Syma torotoro - Yellow-billed Kingfisher - New Guinea, N Australia
Syma megarhyncha - Mountain Kingfisher - New Guinea

Ispidina lecontei - African Dwarf Kingfisher - C, W Africa
Ispidina picta - African Pygmy Kingfisher - Widespread Africa
Ispidina madagascariensis - Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher - Madagascar

Ceyx erithaca - Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher - Widespread Asia - Rufous-backed morphs sometimes treated as separate species C. rufidorsa
Ceyx melanurus - Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher - Philippines
Ceyx fallax - Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher - Sulawesi
Ceyx lepidus - Variable Dwarf Kingfisher - Moluccas to Solomon Islands, also Philippines - new name
Ceyx cyanopectus - Indigo-banded Kingfisher - Philippines - cyanopecta, argentata, azurea, websteri, and pusilla from Alcedo to Ceyx
Ceyx argentatus - Silvery Kingfisher - Philippines
Ceyx azureus - Azure Kingfisher - Moluccas, New Guinea, N, E Australia
Ceyx websteri - Bismarck Kingfisher - Bismarck Archipelago
Ceyx pusillus - Little Kingfisher - Moluccas to Solomon Islands, N Australia

Alcedo leucogaster - White-bellied Kingfisher - C, W Africa
Alcedo nais - Principe Kingfisher - Príncipe
Alcedo cristata - Malachite Kingfisher - Widespread Africa
Alcedo thomensis - Sao Tome Kingfisher - São Tomé
Alcedo vintsioides - Malagasy Kingfisher - Madagascar region
Alcedo coerulescens - Cerulean Kingfisher - Sumatra to Lesser Sundas
Alcedo euryzona - Blue-banded Kingfisher - Burma, Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas
Alcedo quadribrachys - Shining-blue Kingfisher - C, W Africa
Alcedo meninting - Blue-eared Kingfisher - Widespread Asia
Alcedo atthis - Common Kingfisher - Widespread Europe Asia, also N Africa, New Guinea
Alcedo semitorquata - Half-collared Kingfisher - E, SC, SE Africa
Alcedo hercules - Blyth's Kingfisher - E Nepal to C Vietnam

Chloroceryle aenea - American Pygmy Kingfisher - S Mexico to N Argentina
Chloroceryle inda - Green-and-rufous Kingfisher - Nicaragua to N Bolivia, SE Brazil
Chloroceryle americana - Green Kingfisher - SW USA to N Argentina
Chloroceryle amazona - Amazon Kingfisher - C Mexico to C Argentina

Megaceryle lugubris - Crested Kingfisher - NE Afghanistan to C Vietnam & Japan
Megaceryle maxima - Giant Kingfisher - Widespread Africa
Megaceryle torquata - Ringed Kingfisher - SW USA to Tierra del Fuego
Megaceryle alcyon - Belted Kingfisher - Americas

Ceryle rudis - Pied Kingfisher - Widespread Africa Asia, also Middle East