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48 for me, with the most multiply dipped being Banded

Just the three regular ABA Area species:

Belted
Ringed
Green

The latter two I've only seen once, in adjacent ponds at Santa Ana NWR on my only Texas trip to date, but I'm certainly grateful I managed to get both of them that day.

Just 6 in the mainland of China.
Blyth's Kingfisher, Jiulianshan nature reserve.
Common Kingfisher,
White-throated Kingfisher,Poyang Lake,wucheng.
Black-capped Kingfisher,
Crested Kingfisher,
Pied Kingfisher

jacana said:

8 sp. All in Thailand, plus Common in the UK.

Banded Kingfisher
Brown-winged Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Black-backed Morph)

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Two more since, both in South Africa:

Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher

Hopefully I'll add a few more next year in Senegal and Peru. Pied Kingfisher is being particularly elusive (dipped in Thailand and SA).

Very few apparently..;-)

Striped
Malachite
Pied
Giant
Woodland
Grey Headed
Brown Hooded

Not nearly enough of them, is my answer:

In Canada:
1) Belted Kingfisher

In Costa Rica:
2) Ringed Kingfisher
3) Green Kingfisher
4) American Pygmy Kingfisher

In Australia:
5) Laughing Kookaburra
6) Forest Kingfisher
7) Sacred Kingfisher
8) Red-backed Kingfisher
9) Blue-winged Kookaburra
10) Azure Kingfisher

In England:
11) Common Kingfisher

In Ecuador:
12) Amazon Kingfisher
13) Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

22 so far.......mostly from Australia, South-east Asia & the sub-continent, and a few from west Africa.

Common Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Azure Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Little Kingfisher
Rufous-backed Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Stork-billed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Red-backed Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher (heard only - missed seeing them last week in the Daintree, Australia!)
Giant Kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Variable Kingfisher

Just the one Common Kingfisher Europe

Still lots to see but a reasonable start

Blue-winged Kookaburra
Rufous-fronted Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
Sacred Kingfisher
Azure Kingfisher
Little Paradise Kingfisher (heard and fleeting view)
Common Paradise Kingfisher
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Hook billed Kingfisher
New Zealand Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Himalayan Kingfisher
White Breasted Kingfisher
Blyth's Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Stork Billed Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Black Capped Kingfisher
White Collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Senegal Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Half Collared Kingfisher
Grey Headed Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Madagscar Pygmy Kingfisher
Green and Rufous Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Madagscar malachite Kingfisher
Brown hooded Kingfisher
Red-backed Kingfisher

Biggest dip - Shovel-billed couldn't get to calling site because of flooding also not totally happy with Little Paradise it flew when my scope fell apart.
Hoping to get a few good one in Philippines in January / February.

Larry Lade said:

#12. American Pygmy-Kingfisher, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador

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Looks pretty cool, though I have yet to see photos/video of a kingfisher that gets me going like the Eurasian Kingfisher does.

My list:

#1 Eurasian/Common/UK Kingfisher

…that is all.

64 by IOC plus 5 heard onlys

Green-backed Kingfisher (Actenoides monachus) heard only
Rufous-collared Kingfisher (Actenoides concretus)
Hook-billed Kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina)
Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
Common Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea)
Biak Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera riedelii)
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera carolinae)
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia)
Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nigriceps)
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae)
Lilac Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis)
Shovel-billed Kookaburra (Clytoceyx rex) heard only
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud)
Glittering Kingfisher (Caridonax fulgidus)
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera)
Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
Brown-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis gularis)
Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris)
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher (Halcyon badia)
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica)
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
Blue-black Kingfisher (Todiramphus nigrocyaneus)
Blue-and-white Kingfisher (Todiramphus diops)
Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
Vanuatu Kingfisher (Todiramphus farquhari)
Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) inc 5 potential splits from island races
Palau Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus pelewensis)
Pohnpei Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus reichenbachii)
Beach Kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus)
Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher (Todiramphus australasia)
Chattering Kingfisher (Todiramphus tutus)
Society Kingfisher (Todiramphus veneratus)
Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius)
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
Mountain Kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) heard only
African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher (Corythornis madagascariensis)
White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster) heard only
Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
Malagasy Kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides)
Cerulean Kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens)
Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys)
Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Half-collared Kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata)
Black-backed Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
Rufous-backed Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca rufidorsa)
Variable Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx lepidus) heard only
Indigo-banded Kingfisher (Ceyx cyanopectus)
Silvery Kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus)
Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus)
Little Kingfisher (Ceyx pusillus)
American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

And you need to see both the Bougainville and Guadalcanal taxa, potential splits. Let's not forget the splitfest that will emerge from what is currently Collared Kingfisher with 49 races, and I'd go for Rossel Is Paradise-K as maybe the hardest and most obscure

My list of Kingfishers is pretty short.
Common (Europe, Sri Lanka)
Pied ( Egypt, Sri Lanka)
White-throated ( Sri Lanka)
Stork-billed ( Sri Lanka)
Belted (Florida)
Ringed ( Mexico)

sicklebill said:

And you need to see both the Bougainville and Guadalcanal taxa, potential splits. Let's not forget the splitfest that will emerge from what is currently Collared Kingfisher with 49 races, and I'd go for Rossel Is Paradise-K as maybe the hardest and most obscure

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Nice one Phil, and of course as you told me earlier, there's that issue with the Taveuni race of Collared Kingfisher, Collared in the IOC checklist and Sacred in Clements.

Ian

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White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis