Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 13 species which occur in India.
- Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Black-backed Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Rufous-backed Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa (Accidental from 'Sikkim terai' - included by Rasmussen and Anderton,2005)
- Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
- Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
- Crested Kingfisher Ceryle lugubris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Read more about this topic: Birds Of India
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