How big is a White-bellied Kingfisher?

The White-bellied Kingfisher is a tiny sized bird weighing about 15 g.

Where can you see a White-bellied Kingfisher?

The White-bellied Kingfisher occurs in 17 countries, including Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire.

What birds look similar to a White-bellied Kingfisher?

The White-bellied Kingfisher is most easily confused with the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher, the Malagasy Kingfisher and the Malachite Kingfisher.

Is the White-bellied Kingfisher endangered?

The White-bellied Kingfisher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

White-bellied Kingfisher

Corythornis leucogaster

Kingfishers · Coraciiformes · Rare

The White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster) is a rare kingfisher found in 17 countries, weighing about 15 g. The white-bellied kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that occurs in Mali and throughout the African tropical rainforest.

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White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 1 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 2 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 3 — Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 4 — Photo: Justin Philbois · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 5 — Photo: Chris Quirin · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 6 — Photo: Chris Quirin · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster), photo 7 — Photo: MoniKoley · CC0

About the White-bellied Kingfisher

The white-bellied kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that occurs in Mali and throughout the African tropical rainforest. The first formal description of the species was by the British zoologist Louis Fraser in 1843 under the binomial name Halcyon leucogaster.

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Where it lives

Ghana Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Liberia Côte d’Ivoire Congo - Kinshasa Gabon Nigeria Zambia Benin Congo - Brazzaville Sierra Leone Central African Republic Uganda Guinea

Recorded as a rare visitor in Tanzania, Mali.

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, April, October, November, December, with peak activity in November. It is a variable species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a White-bellied Kingfisher look like?: The white-bellied kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that occurs in Mali and throughout the African tropical rainforest.
How big is a White-bellied Kingfisher?: The White-bellied Kingfisher is a tiny sized bird weighing about 15 g.
Where can you see a White-bellied Kingfisher?: The White-bellied Kingfisher occurs in 17 countries, including Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire.
What birds look similar to a White-bellied Kingfisher?: The White-bellied Kingfisher is most easily confused with the Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher, the Malagasy Kingfisher and the Malachite Kingfisher.
Is the White-bellied Kingfisher endangered?: The White-bellied Kingfisher is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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