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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)
+ 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)

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Subfamily: Alcedininae
River Kingfishers

Posing grassfully

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

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

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Hobart, Tasmania
Canon 7Dmark2
August 28, 2015
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Kookaburra close

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

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Beakful

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

Kookaburra

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

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when the joke falls flat

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

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Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)

Australia

Asleep

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Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla)
Daintree, Australia
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Pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis)

Pygmy

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

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Malagasy kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)

Malachite-like

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

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Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Tree Kingfishers

Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)

Fishing royalty

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Kingfisher
Striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
July, 2012

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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Kingfisher

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

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

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

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Subfamily: Cerylinae
Water Kingfishers

Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

Without a pipe

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

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Circumference divided by diametered

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

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Pied Kingfisher

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Ceryle rudis
Botswana

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Pied Kingfisher
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Ceryle rudis
Egypt

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Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)

Amazon

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

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The king

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

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Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus)

Extinct in the wild

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

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Extinct in the wild

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

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Guam in the wild

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

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Guam kingfisher - a sign

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

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Alcedinidae - River Kingfishers

Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)

Borneo

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

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South Africa

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South Africa
2005

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The Pantanal

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

Ringed king

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

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

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Kingfisher

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

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

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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Land of giants

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

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

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

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

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Belted

felt lake

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

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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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