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 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 cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens ) is a kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae which is found in parts of Indonesia. With an overall metallic blue impression, it is very similar to the common kingfisher, but it is white underneath...
Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules ) is the largest kingfisher in the genus Alcedo. Named for Edward Blyth, the species has also been known as Alcedo grandis and as the great blue kingfisher. Between 22 and 23 centimetres (8+5⁄8 and 9 in) long, the...
The half-collared kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata ) is a kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that is found in southern and eastern Africa. It feeds almost exclusively on fish and frequents streams, rivers and larger bodies of water.The...
The blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona ), is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and rivers. It's a small, rather...
The shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys ) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is found in Equatorial Africa.The shining-blue kingfisher was described of by the French ornithologist Charles Lucian Bonaparte in 1850 and given...