Search :   Actual Scientific name : French name English name Alcedo cristata Petit martin-pêcheur huppé  Malachite Kingfisher  Alcedo quadribrachys guentheri Martin-pêcheur azuré  Shining-blue Kingfisher  Alcedo semitorquata tephria Martin-pêcheur à demi collier  Half-collared Kingfisher  Ceryle rudis Martin-pêcheur pie  Pied Kingfisher  Ceyx pictus Martin-pêcheur pygmée  African Pygmy Kingfisher  Halcyon albiventris prentissgrayi Martin-chasseur(ou halcyon) à tête brune  Brown-hooded Kingfisher  Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti Martin-chasseur (ou halcyon) strié  Striped Kingfisher  Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris Martin-chasseur (ou halcyon)à tête grise  Grey-headed (Greyhooded) Kingfisher  Halcyon malimbica malimbica Martin-pêcheur à poitrine bleue  Blue-breasted Kingfisher  Halcyon senegalensis cyanoleuca Martin-chasseur (ou halcyon) du Sénégal  Woodland Kingfisher  Megaceryle maxima Martin-pêcheur géant  Giant Kingfisher  Warning : This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors. The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed. We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us. +  You are in : ROOT > Vertebrata (Vertebrates) > Aves (Birds) > Coraciiformes > Alcedinidae (kingfishers) Design by McArnolds Group SA | Development and code by AMESIS SPRL