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Kingfishers
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)
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Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
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Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
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Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)
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Pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis)
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Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
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Halcyoninae - tree kingfishers (2 genera, 3 species depicted)
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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
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Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
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Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
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Cerylinae - water kingfishers (2 genera, 4 species depicted)
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Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
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Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
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Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
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Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Subfamily: Alcedininae
River Kingfishers
Posing grassfully
Kooky pose
Bookends
Kookaburra close
Beakful
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
Australia
Asleep
Pygmy
Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Malachite-like
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Tree Kingfishers
Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
Fishing royalty
Kingfisher
Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
July, 2012
Long live the king
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Water Kingfishers
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Without a pipe
Circumference divided by diametered
Pied Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Egypt
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Amazon
The king
Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)
Extinct in the wild
Extinct in the wild
Guam in the wild
Guam kingfisher - a sign
Alcedinidae - River Kingfishers
Borneo
South Africa
Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Ringed king
Kingfisher
Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Land of giants
Giant flexing
Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
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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Last modified: August 25, 2019
Created: November 25, 2005
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