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 of which 16 occur in Thailand.
| Common name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Blyth's Kingfisher | Alcedo hercules | Very rare winter visitor |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Very common winter visitor |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| Blue-banded Kingfisher | Alcedo euryzona | |
| Black-backed Kingfisher | Ceyx erithacus | |
| Rufous-backed Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | |
| Banded Kingfisher | Lacedo pulchella | |
| Brown-winged Kingfisher | Pelargopsis amauropterus | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | Winter visitor and passage migrant |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todirhamphus chloris | |
| Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | Rare and reduced |
| Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Thailand
Famous quotes containing the word kingfishers:
“As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)