THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Alcedinidae · Clear filter
77 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bougainville Moustached KingfisherActenoides bougainvillei (Rothschild, 1904) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-collared KingfisherActenoides concretus (Temminck, 1825) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroni Bonaparte, 1850 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spotted KingfisherActenoides lindsayi (Vigors, 1831) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-headed KingfisherActenoides monachus (Bonaparte, 1850) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaly KingfisherActenoides princeps (Reichenbach, 1851) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cerulean KingfisherAlcedo coerulescens Vieillot, 1818 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-banded KingfisherAlcedo euryzona Temminck, 1830 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo hercules Laubmann, 1917 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata Swainson, 1823 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silvery KingfisherCeyx argentatus Tweeddale, 1877 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus (Latham, 1801) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Georgia Dwarf KingfisherCeyx collectoris Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1901 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manus Dwarf KingfisherCeyx dispar Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1914 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Dwarf KingfisherCeyx fallax (Schlegel, 1866) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chameleon Dwarf KingfisherCeyx lepidus Temminck, 1836 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaita Dwarf KingfisherCeyx malaitae Mayr, 1935 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dimorphic Dwarf KingfisherCeyx margarethae W. Blasius, 1890 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North Solomons Dwarf KingfisherCeyx meeki Rothschild, 1901 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisherCeyx melanurus (Kaup, 1848) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Britain Dwarf KingfisherCeyx sacerdotis E. P. Ramsay, 1882 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sula Dwarf KingfisherCeyx wallacii Sharpe, 1868 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bismarck KingfisherCeyx websteri (E. Hartert, 1898) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea (Pallas, 1764) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona (Latham, 1790) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle inda (Linnaeus, 1766) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shovel-billed KingfisherClytoceyx rex Sharpe, 1880 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster (Fraser, 1843) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar KingfisherCorythornis vintsioides (Eydoux & Gervais, 1836) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaud Gaimard, 1823 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachii Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Laughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae (Hermann, 1783) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spangled KookaburraDacelo tyro G. R. Gray, 1858 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris (Scopoli, 1786) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda (Latham, 1790) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan KingfisherHalcyon cyanoventris (Vieillot, 1818) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica (Shaw, 1812) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata (Boddaert, 1783) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloides A. Smith, 1834 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei Cassin, 1856 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.