Alcedinidae

Ceryle rudis Photo by Tarique Sani (Flickr) Common name:pied kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-malhado (pt); martim-pêcheur pie (fr); martím pescador bicolor (es); graufischer (de)Taxonomy:Order CoraciiformesFamily AlcedinidaeRange:This species is found throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa, in Egypt and the Middle East as far north as Turkey and as far east as southern Iran, and also in southern Asia,…

Ceryle alcyon (Photo from The Nevis Biodiversity Project) Common name: belted kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-americano (pt); martin-pêcheur d’Amerique (fr); martín gigante norteamericano (es); gürtelfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is found breeding throughout North America. The northern population migrate south to winter in the southernmost United States, in Mexico, Central America and…

Ispidina picta Photo by Gerard Calberac (Trek Nature) Common name: African pygmy kingfisher (en); pica-peixe-pigmeu (pt); martin-pêcheur pygmée (fr); martín pigmeo africano (es); zwergkönigsfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This African species is found throughout sub-Saharan African, from Mauritania and Mali across to Ethopia and Eritrea, and south all the way to South…

Chloroceryle amazona Photo by Lip Kee (Flickr) Common name: Amazon kingfisher (en); martim-pescador-verde (pt); martin-pêcheur d’Amazonie (fr); martín pescador amazónico (es); Amazonasfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is found in South America, east of the Andes, from central Argentina to Venezuela, and then north into Central America up to northern Mexico….

Chloroceryle amazona Photo by Lip Kee (Flickr) Common name: Amazon kingfisher (en); martim-pescador-verde (pt); martin-pêcheur d’Amazonie (fr); martín pescador amazónico (es); Amazonasfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is found in South America, east of the Andes, from central Argentina to Venezuela, and then north into Central America up to northern Mexico….

Alcedo argentata Photo by Micky Lim (Oriental Bird Images) Common name: silvery kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-prateado (pt); martin-pêcheur argenté (fr); martín pescador plateado (es); silberfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is endemic to The Philippines, with two distinc subspecies being found in different island. A. argentata flumenicola is found on Samar, Leyte…