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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hook-billed KingfisherMelidora macrorrhina (R. Lesson, 1827) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain KingfisherSyma megarhyncha Salvadori, 1896 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-billed KingfisherSyma torotoro R. Lesson, 1827 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cobalt Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera carolinae Schlegel, 1871 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown-headed Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera danae Sharpe, 1880 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera galatea G. R. Gray, 1859 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera hydrocharis G. R. Gray, 1858 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-capped Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera nigriceps P. L. Sclater, 1877 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fairy Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera nympha G. R. Gray, 1840 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera riedelii J. Verreaux, 1866 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-breasted Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera sylvia Gould, 1850 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-banded KingfisherTodiramphus australasia (Vieillot, 1818) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-and-white KingfisherTodiramphus diops (Temminck, 1824) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Talaud KingfisherTodiramphus enigma (E. Hartert, 1904) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Vanuatu KingfisherTodiramphus farquhari (Sharpe, 1899) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sombre KingfisherTodiramphus funebris Bonaparte, 1850 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niau KingfisherTodiramphus gertrudae Murphy, 1924 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lazuli KingfisherTodiramphus lazuli (Temminck, 1830) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ultramarine KingfisherTodiramphus leucopygius (J. Verreaux, 1858) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-black KingfisherTodiramphus nigrocyaneus (Wallace, 1862) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Melanesian KingfisherTodiramphus tristrami (E. L. Layard, 1880) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chattering KingfisherTodiramphus tutus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Society KingfisherTodiramphus veneratus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-lored KingfisherTodiramphus winchelli (Sharpe, 1877) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.