111 species of kingfishers around the world, from the Belted Kingfisher to the Tuamotu Kingfisher. Every species links to photos, calls and identification notes.
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Forest KingfisherTodiramphus macleayii
Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachii
Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus
American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata
Red-backed KingfisherTodiramphus pyrrhopygius
Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle inda
Torresian KingfisherTodiramphus sordidus
Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithaca
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
Banded KingfisherLacedo pulchella
Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
Buff-breasted Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera sylvia
Brown-breasted KingfisherHalcyon gularis
Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
Little KingfisherCeyx pusillus
Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaud
Yellow-billed KingfisherSyma torotoro
Malagasy KingfisherCorythornis vintsioides
Cerulean KingfisherAlcedo coerulescens
Mariana KingfisherTodiramphus albicilla
Common Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera galatea
Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauroptera
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Rufous-collared KingfisherActenoides concretus
Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloides
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Spotted Wood KingfisherActenoides lindsayi
Beach KingfisherTodiramphus saurophagus
Papuan Dwarf KingfisherCeyx solitarius
Hook-billed KingfisherMelidora macrorrhina
Javan Blue-banded KingfisherAlcedo euryzona
Madagascar Pygmy KingfisherCorythornis madagascariensis
African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
Green-backed KingfisherActenoides monachus
Sulawesi Lilac KingfisherCittura cyanotis
Blue-and-white KingfisherTodiramphus diops
Indigo-banded KingfisherCeyx cyanopectus
Cinnamon-banded KingfisherTodiramphus australasia
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
Rufous-lored KingfisherTodiramphus winchelli
White-rumped KingfisherCaridonax fulgidus
Melanesian KingfisherTodiramphus tristrami
Mountain KingfisherSyma megarhyncha
Southern Silvery KingfisherCeyx argentatus
Brown-headed Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera danae
Great-billed KingfisherPelargopsis melanorhyncha
Sulawesi Dwarf KingfisherCeyx fallax
Sombre KingfisherTodiramphus funebris
Blue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroni
Flat-billed KingfisherTodiramphus recurvirostris- Rusty-capped KingfisherTodiramphus pelewensis
Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo hercules
Scaly-breasted KingfisherActenoides princeps
Blue-black KingfisherTodiramphus nigrocyaneus
Red-breasted Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera nympha
Society KingfisherTodiramphus veneratus
Northern Silvery KingfisherCeyx flumenicola
Biak Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera riedelii
Moluccan Dwarf KingfisherCeyx lepidus
Black-capped Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera nigriceps
Lazuli KingfisherTodiramphus lazuli
Little Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera hydrocharis
Dimorphic Dwarf KingfisherCeyx margarethae
Chattering KingfisherTodiramphus tutus- Philippine Dwarf KingfisherCeyx melanurus
Ultramarine KingfisherTodiramphus leucopygius
White-mantled KingfisherTodiramphus albonotatus
New Britain Dwarf KingfisherCeyx sacerdotisPohnpei KingfisherTodiramphus reichenbachii
Vanuatu KingfisherTodiramphus farquhari- Kofiau Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera ellioti
Talaud KingfisherTodiramphus enigmaNumfor Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera carolinae
- New Georgia Dwarf KingfisherCeyx collectoris
Javan KingfisherHalcyon cyanoventris- Makira Dwarf KingfisherCeyx gentianus
Spangled KookaburraDacelo tyro
Buru Dwarf KingfisherCeyx cajeli- Islet KingfisherTodiramphus colonus
- North Solomons Dwarf KingfisherCeyx meeki
- Moustached KingfisherActenoides bougainvillei
Marquesan KingfisherTodiramphus godeffroyi
Bismarck KingfisherCeyx websteri- Manus Dwarf KingfisherCeyx dispar
Sula Dwarf KingfisherCeyx wallacii- New Ireland Dwarf KingfisherCeyx mulcatus
Mewing KingfisherTodiramphus ruficollaris- Guadalcanal Dwarf KingfisherCeyx nigromaxilla
Tuamotu KingfisherTodiramphus gambieri
Also in the checklist
These species are recognised in the AviList world checklist and carry no photos or recordings here yet. Help complete the record.
Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo peninsulae) · Rufous-backed Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa) · Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher (Cittura sanghirensis) · Shovel-billed Kookaburra (Dacelo rex)