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 23 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea
- Bismarck Kingfisher Alcedo websteri (E)
- Little Kingfisher Alcedo pusilla
- Variable Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Shovel-billed Kookaburra Clytoceyx rex
- Blue-black Kingfisher Todirhamphus nigrocyaneus
- Forest Kingfisher Todirhamphus macleayii
- New Britain Kingfisher Todirhamphus albonotatus (E)
- Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
- Beach Kingfisher Todirhamphus saurophaga
- Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha
- Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nympha
- Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae (E)
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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