Order: Coraciiformes
Suborder: Alcedines - The Kingfishers
Family: Alcedinidae

Species on page (13 species in 9 genera depicted out of around 114 species in 19 genera)

Alcedininae - river kingfishers (4 genera, 5 species depicted)

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)

Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)

Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)

Pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis)

Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)

Halcyoninae - tree kingfishers (2 genera, 3 species depicted)

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)

Cerylinae - water kingfishers (2 genera, 4 species depicted)

Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Subfamily: Alcedininae
River Kingfishers

Posing grassfully

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Hobart
Canon 7Dmark2
August 29, 2015

Kooky pose

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Hobart
Canon 7Dmark2
August 29, 2015

Bookends

Hobart, Tasmania
Canon 7Dmark2
August 28, 2015

Kookaburra close

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
August 19, 2015
Perth, Australia

Beakful

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Hobart
Canon 7Dmark2
August 28, 2015

Tasmania

Kookaburra

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
En route to Cradle Mountain
April 5, 2012

when the joke falls flat

Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
En route to Cradle Mountain
April 5, 2012

Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)

Australia

Asleep

Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)
Daintree, Australia

Pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis)

Pygmy

Pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis)
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Alcedininae
Madagascar endemic
Bemaraha, Madagascar
July 15, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)

Malachite-like

Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Alcedininae
Madagascar endemic
Daraina, Madagascar
July 2, 2016
Canon 7DMark2

Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Tree Kingfishers

Kingfisher
Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
July, 2012

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Kingfisher

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
India
December 15, 2004
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Family: Alcedinidae
Bharatpur, India
December 26, 2004

White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Family: Alcedinidae
Sumatra
July 28, 2012
Canon rebel T1i

Subfamily: Cerylinae
Water Kingfishers

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Without a pipe

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Varanasi, India
December 22, 2004
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

Circumference divided by diametered

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Varanasi, India
December 22, 2004
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

Ceryle rudis
Botswana

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis
Egypt

Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)

Amazon

Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Pousada Aguapeacute;
The Pantanal
July 24, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

The king

Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Cuiaba River
The Pantanal
July 25, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)

Extinct in the wild

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Extinct in the wild

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Guam in the wild

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Canon 7Dmark2

Guam kingfisher - a sign

Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Family: Alcedinidae
Tracy Aviary, Liberty Park
Salt Lake City
August 23, 2017
Olympus Tough TG-5

Alcedinidae - River Kingfishers

Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)

Borneo

Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Borneo

South Africa

South Africa
2005

The Pantanal

Ringed king

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
The Pantanal

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
The Pantanal

Kingfisher

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Pousada Aguapeacute;
The Pantanal
July 24, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Pousada Aguap&eactue;
The Pantanal
July 22, 2019
Canon EOS 7Dmark II

Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Land of giants

Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Royal Livingstone
Livingstone, Zambia
Canon 7Dmark2

Giant flexing

Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Livingstone, Zambia
Canon 7Dmark2

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
November 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Emily Renzel Wetlands
November 20, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

Belted

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Photographing Nature class
October 21, 2017
Canon 7Dmark 2

Belted

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Family: Alcedinidae (kingfisher family)
Photographing Nature class
October 21, 2017
Canon 7Dmark 2

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