Category Archives: Coraciiformes

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Hide #1, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 February 2016.



Place: Glamorganshire Canal, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 13 February 2016.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the common kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.


Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20/21 August 2012.








[Merops nubicoides, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Southern carmine bee-eater]

The sound of the southern carmine bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Blue-tailed Bee Eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Kuthodaw pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar
Date: 7 April 2013.



[Merops philippinus, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Blue-tailed bee-eater]

The sound of the blue-tailed bee eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ross Gallardy)

Little Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 20 August 2012.








Place: Victoria Falls, Zambia
Date: 23 August 2012.


[Merops pusillus, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Little bee-eater]

The sound of the little bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Green and Rufous Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Iguazu Falls, Brazil
Date: 22 April 2014.




[Chloroceryle inda, Family Cerylidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Green-and-rufous kingfisher]

The sound of the green and rufous kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist João Antônio de B. Vitto)

Pied Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 19 August 2012.






Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.



[Ceryle rudis, Family Cerylidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Pied kingfisher]

The sound of the pied kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Peter Boesman)

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Coraciiformes

Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.






[Merops hirundineus, Family Meropidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Swallow-tailed bee-eater]

The sound of the swallow-tailed bee-eater (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Daniel Danckwerts)

Malachite Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Okavango River, Botswana
Date: 21 August 2012.




[Alcedo cristata, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Malachite kingfisher]

The sound of the malachite kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Franck Brunelière)

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coraciiformes

Place: Victoria Falls, Zambia
Date: 23 August 2012.


Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 25 August 2012.


Place: Chobe National Park, Botswana
Date: 26 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 28 August 2012.


Place: Moremi Game Reserve, Botswana
Date: 30 August 2012.




[Coracias caudatus, Family Coraciidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Lilac-breasted roller]

The sound of the lilac-breasted roller (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Charles Hesse)

Common Kingfisher

Coraciiformes

Place: Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent
Date: 21 February 2015.


Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Date: 1 March 2015.



[Alcedo atthis, Family Alcedinidae, Order Coraciiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common kingfisher]

The sound of the common kingfisher (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Marco Dragonetti)

Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).
Distribution and sightings of the kingfisher across the British Isles