Posts Tagged ‘Coraciiformes’

• White-throated kingfisher

  Jun 26 | Kingfishers | Little Stint | 422 Views | with No Comments

  The White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also called the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher. It is widely resident right across Southern Asia from Southern Iraq along the Northern coast of the Arabian Gulf...

• Grey-headed kingfisher

  Jun 25 | Kingfishers | Little Stint | 428 Views | with No Comments

  The Grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a Tree kingfisher that is resident across most of sub-Saharan Africa down to Angola except for Somalia and parts of Eastern Ethiopia. It has a Southerly breeding range across...

• Kingfisher – subfamilies

  Jun 25 | Kingfishers | Little Stint | 434 Views | with No Comments

  There are 3 Kingfisher subfamilies of the family Alcedinidae Alcedininae - Old World - River kingfishers or Pygmy kingfishers Halcyoninae - Old World - Tree kingfishers or Wood kingfishers Cerylinae - All the New World...

• Collared Kingfisher

  Jun 25 | Kingfishers | Little Stint | 285 Views | with No Comments

  The Collared Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is Water Kingfisher, widely present across Africa and Asia, and is medium sized Tree Kingfisher. Its main range is across SE Asia, the Islands of Indonesia, and the Northern coasts of...

• Pied Kingfisher

  Jun 25 | Kingfishers | Little Stint | 291 Views | with No Comments

  Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis), is a fairly large water kingfisher of the family Alcedinidae that is widely distributed across sub Saharan Africa and Southern Asia and more sparingly across Southern Turkey, The Levant, Syria,...

• Common Kingfisher

  Jan 9 | Kingfishers | Little Stint | 2804 Views | with No Comments

  Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), is a small Kingfisher of the Family Alcedinidae, and is widespread across the whole of Eurasia. It is resident in Temperate western Europe, parts of the coastal Maghreb, northern parts of Turkey...