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 10 species which occur in Nepal.
- Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules (A)
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Black-backed Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus (A)
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata (A)
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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