Kingfishers you have seen (1 Viewer)

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Mar 11, 2011

• #1

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

I have seen eleven (11) species.

Malachite Kingfisher, Borgoria, Kenya, Africa
African Pygmy-Kingfisher, Bogoria, Kenya, Africa
Grey-headed Kingfisher, Bogoria, Kenya, Africa
Woodland Kingfisher, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Striped Kingfisher, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Giant Kingfisher, Naivasha, Kenya, Africa
Belted Kingfisher, Mound City, Missouri, USA
Ringed Kingfisher, Salineño, Texas, USA
Pied Kingfisher, Bogoria, Kenya, Africa
Amazon Kingfisher, Orotina, Costa Rica
Green Kingfisher, Salineño, Texas, US

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Mar 11, 2011

• #2

I'm going to leave this one until I'm back from micronesia as there are a shedfull of taxa there that may deserve elevation :t:

Chris

 

wintibird

André Weiss

Opus Editor

• Mar 11, 2011

• #3

Thats my list:

• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis (Europe, India)
• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting (Borneo)
• Black-backed Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca (Borneo)
• Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella (Borneo)
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis (Nepal)
• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda (Malaysia)
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis (Turkey and India)
• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata (Borneo)
• Collared Kingfisher Todirhampus chloris (Malaysia)
• Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis (India)

I hope to add some more this summer in Peru

André

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #4

quite a lot; maybe Ficedula will play his trump card....

my favourites / rarest; scope filling views of a pair of Shovel-billeds in PNG; a point blank Blue-Black and four Spangled Kookaburras in Irian Jaya, all the Phil (6) and Sulawesi (5)endemics but not seen any of those expensive Pacific Ks yet - they all look the same anyway!

a

 

Birdingcraft

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #5

Not too many- need to bird Wallacea!
My dozen species in the order I have seen them:

Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green and rufous Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Brown-winged Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher

 

birdermoose

birder

• Mar 11, 2011

• #6

Only one!
Common kingfisher (UK)

 

Chris D

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #7

28

 

david kelly

Drive-by Birder

• Mar 11, 2011

• #8

Grey-hooded Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
African Mangrove Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-winged Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfsher
Collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green and Rufous Kingfisher
Pygmy Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher

David

 

jc122463

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #9

I'm currently at 42 species - almost at the half-way point. This is perhaps my favorite group of birds though so I wish the number was higher. I've covered the Americas and almost all of mainland Africa (I'm still missing White-bellied Kingfisher despite numerous close calls!) Looks like I need a trip to Wallacea and the Philippines as well!

Common Kingfisher
Half-collared Kingfisher
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Azure Kingfisher
Little Kingfisher
Black-backed Kingfisher
Rufous-backed Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Dwarf Kingfisher
Banded Kingfisher
Laughing Kookaburra
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Brown-winged Kingfisher
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Javan Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Forest Kingfisher
Red-backed Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Sacred Kingfisher
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher

 

BlueHead

The early bird gets the worm

• Mar 11, 2011

• #10

I've only seen the Common Kingfisher

 

crazyfingers

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #11

Only one. This one.

Watching

Getting ready to fly

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #12

lewis20126 said:

quite a lot; maybe Ficedula will play his trump card....

my favourites / rarest; scope filling views of a pair of Shovel-billeds in PNG; a point blank Blue-Black and four Spangled Kookaburras in Irian Jaya, all the Phil (6) and Sulawesi (5)endemics but not seen any of those expensive Pacific Ks yet - they all look the same anyway!

a

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73; with a bit of cash they are all gettable (though not sure has bagged Kofiau Paradaise K yet?) ; the hardest for a good view (pound for pound) maybe White-bellied but overall perhaps the legendary Moustached; a truly amazing bird (apparently!).

cheers, a

 

lostinjapan

Well-known member

• Mar 11, 2011

• #13

Kingfishers

Erm a paltry 11 or so:

1) Pied Kingfisher - Ceryle rudis
2) Crested Kingfisher - Megaceryle lugubris
3) Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis
4) Azure Kingfisher - Alcedo Azores
5) Collared Kingfisher - Halcyon chloris
6) Ruddy Kingfisher - Halcyon coromanda
7) White-throated Kingfisher - Halcyon smyrmensis
8) Black-capped Kingfisher - Halcyon pileata
9) Laughing Kookaburra - Dacelo novaeguineae
10) Blue-winged Kookaburra -Dacelo leachii
11) Forest Kingfisher - Halcyon macleayii

Sean

 

Azzy

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2011

• #14

I'll add my two ...actually, 3 now that I think about it.

Laughing Kookaburra (South Aus.)
Sacred Kingfisher (South Aus.)
Belted Kingfisher (florida)

 

Chris D

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2011

• #15

They are one of my favorite groups of birds. Just a little tid bit ------ If anyone comes across this and is going to Bali (some time in the future) ----- make sure you get to see the Javan Kingfisher. Common and easy outside of Ubud. We spend a month in Eastern Bali every year - but always a night in Ubud (wife shopping / seeing friends). Javan never fails to blow my mind.

 

Chris D

Well-known member

• Mar 12, 2011

• #16

I'm not 'wife shopping'. It's my wife, shopping.............

 

blue_skies

Insert witty comment here

• Mar 12, 2011

• #17

It's hard to see many kingfishers when you aren't birding around the world! I have only seen one, good ol' Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon).

 

birdboybowley

Well-known member.....apparently so ;)

• Mar 13, 2011

• #18

lewis20126 said:

... but overall perhaps the legendary Moustached; a truly amazing bird (apparently!)...

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Seen a few dead ones
This is what they should look like...well, I think so!

 

nrg800

Nathan Ruser

• Mar 13, 2011

• #19

1: Azure Kingfisher
2: Little Kingfisher
3: Laughing Kookuburra
4: Collared Kingfisher
5: Common Kingfisher
6: White-throated Kingfisher
7: Black-capped Kingfisher

That's all so far

 

Bird Boy

Well-known member

• Mar 13, 2011

• #20

Only one, the Belted, in Oklahoma.
I met a couple who lives in the middle of town and they had the good fortune of having a Belted Kingfisher frequent their Koi Pond. They didn't see it as a good thing and asked me what they could do about it eating their expensive Koi. My suggestion: "Buy cheaper carp. The Kingfisher is priceless."

 

Last edited: Mar 13, 2011