The Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a small kingfisher widely distributed across Eurasia and North Africa. It is amongst the most colorful birds but despite its extraordinary colors, sometimes the Common kingfisher is difficult to see when it...
The Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a large robust kingfisher. It is native to eastern mainland Australia but has also been introduced to parts of New Zealand, Tasmania, and Western Australia. These birds do not migrate and occupy the...
The Belted kingfisher( Megaceryle alcyon) is often apparent from its wild rattling call while it flies over lakes or rivers. It can be seen perched high on a snag, or hovering while it beats its wings rapidly, before plunging headfirst into the...
The Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis) is a colorful bird best known for its aerobatic displays of males during the breeding season. It is often seen perched along roadside trees and wires and is commonly seen in open grassland and scrub forest...
The Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is a beautifully colored African bird known for its acrobatic aerial displays during the breeding season. The sexes look similar, and juveniles lack the long tail streamers of adults. This species is...
The White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range and can often be found well away from water where it hunts a wide range of prey.
The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. As their name suggests, these brightly-colored birds predominantly eat flying insects, especially bees and wasps, which they catch on the wing from...
The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus) is a brilliantly colored, medium-sized kingfisher. It doesn't exist in the wild and now can be found only in captivity.
The Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) is a brightly-colored bird in the bee-eater family. It performs some seasonal movements and is found widely distributed across Asia. Populations in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that were formerly...
The European roller (Coracias garrulus ) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe. Its overall range extends into the Middle East, Central Asia and Morocco.The European roller is found in a wide variety of habitats,...
The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis ) is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, it has five recognised subspecies. Its black and white plumage and crest, as well as its...
The blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii ) is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea.Measuring around 40 cm (16 in), it is slightly smaller than the more familiar laughing kookaburra. It has...
The sacred kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus ) is a medium-sized woodland kingfisher that occurs in mangroves, woodlands, forests and river valleys in Australia, New Zealand and other parts of the western Pacific.
The rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus ) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
The turquoise-browed motmot (Eumomota superciliosa ) also known as Torogoz, is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, where it...
The Philippine dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx melanurus ) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in the islands of Luzon, Polillo Islands, Catanduanes, Basilan, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. Its natural habitat...
The blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus ) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia where many populations are strongly migratory, and seen seasonally in many parts but...
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima ) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert, other than the arid southwest.
The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris ) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It is also known as the white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher. It has a...
The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus ) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. The genus name Merops is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater", and persicus is Latin for "Persian".It breeds in Northern Africa, and the Middle East...
The stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis ), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. This kingfisher is resident throughout its range.It...
The woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis ) is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara.
The azure kingfisher (Ceyx azureus ) is a small kingfisher in the river kingfisher subfamily, Alcedininae.
The Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis ) is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive pale blue or white, coin-shaped spots on its wings. It can be found from Australia to Korea, Japan and India.
The ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata ) is a large, conspicuous and noisy kingfisher bird commonly found along the lower Rio Grande valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South...
The malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus ) is a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. It is largely resident except for seasonal climate-related movements. Italians call it a Martin Pescatore.
The southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides ) (formerly carmine bee-eater) occurs across sub-equatorial Africa.
The blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting ) is found in Asia, ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found mainly in dense shaded forests where it hunts in small streams. It is darker crowned, with darker rufous...
The shovel-billed kookaburra (Clytoceyx rex ), also known as the shovel-billed kingfisher, is a large, approximately 33 cm (13 in) long, dark brown tree kingfisher with a heavy, short, and broad bill that is unique among the kingfishers. It has a...
The crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris ) is a very large kingfisher that is native to parts of southern Asia, stretching eastwards from the Indian Subcontinent towards Japan. It forms a species complex with the other three Megaceryle species.
The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata ) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia. This most northerly of the tree kingfishers is resident over much of its range, but...
The spangled kookaburra (Dacelo tyro ) also called Aru giant kingfisher, is a little-known species of kookaburra found in the Aru Islands, Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands of southern New Guinea. Practically nothing is known of its family life or...
The rufous-bellied kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud ), originally known as Gaudichaud's kookaburra after French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, is a species of kookaburra that is widely distributed through the forests of lowland New Guinea.It has...
The green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana ) is a resident breeding bird which occurs from southern Texas in the United States south through Central and South America to central Argentina.This small kingfisher breeds by streams in forests or...
The white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides ) is a species of bee-eater widely distributed in sub-equatorial Africa.They have a distinctive white forehead, a square tail and a bright red patch on their throat. They nest in small colonies,...
The brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris ) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It has a brown head and blackish and turquoise wings. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, living in woodland, scrubland,...
The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona ) is a resident breeding kingfisher in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina.
The little bee-eater (Merops pusillus ) is a near passerine bird species in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. They are residents in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. They should not be confused with the little green bee-eater (Merops orientalis )....
The Cuban tody (Todus multicolor ) is a bird species in the family Todidae that is restricted to Cuba and the adjacent islands.
The African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta ) is a small insectivorous kingfisher found in the Afrotropics, mostly in woodland habitats.
The chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti ), or bay-headed bee-eater, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent and adjoining regions, ranging from India east to...
The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus or M. n. nubicus ) is an African near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. Alternative common names include the carmine bee-eater or the Nubian bee-eater. It is closely related to the...
