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Order: Coraciiformes
6 families, 185 species
Family #088
Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Species: 31
- Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic
- IOC family #093, HBW family #087, H&M family #089
- wf253 status: 94% members ticked
- OH: 20 seen, 18 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
| Red-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis amictus | |
| Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | .. |
| Purple-bearded Bee-eater | Meropogon forsteni | |
| Black Bee-eater | Merops gularis | .. |
| Blue-moustached Bee-eater | Merops mentalis | |
| Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | .. |
| Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | .. |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | .. |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | .. |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | .. |
| Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | .. |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | .. |
| Black-headed Bee-eater | Merops breweri | |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | .. |
| African Green Bee-eater | Merops viridissimus | |
| Arabian Green Bee-eater | Merops cyanophrys | .. |
| Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | .. |
| Böhm’s Bee-eater | Merops boehmi | |
| Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | .. |
| Rufous-crowned Bee-eater | Merops americanus | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | .. |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | .. |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | . |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | .. |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | .. |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | .. |
| Rosy Bee-eater | Merops malimbicus | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | . |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides |
1 Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Uganda; 2 Red-throated Bee-eater, Uganda; 3 Black Bee-eater, Ghana; 4 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Uganda; 5 White-throated Bee-eater, Uganda; 6 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Thailand; 7 Blue-moustached Bee-eater, Ghana; 8 Olive Bee-eater, Madagascar; 9 Rainbow Bee-eater, Australia; 10 Little Bee-eater, South Africa; 11 White-fronted Bee-eater, South Africa; 12 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Israel; 13 European Bee-eater, Israel; 14 Blue-bearded Bee-eater, India; 15 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Ghana; 16 Little Green Bee-eater, Israel
Family #089
Todies (Todidae)
- Species: 5
- Distribution: Neotropical endemic (Greater Antilles)
- IOC family #091, HBW family #090, H&M family #092
- wf253 status: 54% members ticked
- OH: 4 seen and photographed, first seen in Dominican Republic, 2017
- Finding Hints: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico , Cuba
| Tody Motmot | Hylomanes momotula | |
| Blue-throated Motmot | Aspatha gularis | |
| Russet-crowned Motmot | Momotus mexicanus | |
| Blue-capped Motmot | Momotus coeruliceps | |
| Lesson’s Motmot | Momotus lessonii | |
| Whooping Motmot | Momotus subrufescens | .. |
| Trinidad Motmot | Momotus bahamensis | |
| Amazonian Motmot | Momotus momota | .. |
| Andean Motmot | Momotus aequatorialis | |
| Rufous Motmot | Baryphthengus martii | .. |
| Rufous-capped Motmot | Baryphthengus ruficapillus | .. |
| Keel-billed Motmot | Electron carinatum | |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum | .. |
| Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa |
1 Cuban Tody, Cuba; 2 Narrow-billed Tody, Dominican Republic; 3 Puerto Rican Tody, Puerto Rico; 4 Broad-billed Tody, Dominican Republic
Family #090
Motmots (Momotidae)
- Species: 14
- Distribution: Neotropical endemic
- IOC family #092, HBW family #091, H&M family #093
- wf253 status: 84% members ticked
- OH: 5 seen and photographed, first seen in Brazil, 2015
| Tody Motmot | Hylomanes momotula | |
| Blue-throated Motmot | Aspatha gularis | |
| Russet-crowned Motmot | Momotus mexicanus | |
| Blue-capped Motmot | Momotus coeruliceps | |
| Lesson’s Motmot | Momotus lessonii | |
| Whooping Motmot | Momotus subrufescens | .. |
| Trinidad Motmot | Momotus bahamensis | |
| Amazonian Motmot | Momotus momota | .. |
| Andean Motmot | Momotus aequatorialis | |
| Rufous Motmot | Baryphthengus martii | .. |
| Rufous-capped Motmot | Baryphthengus ruficapillus | .. |
| Keel-billed Motmot | Electron carinatum | |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum | .. |
| Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa |
1 Whooping Motmot, Panama; 2 Rufous Motmot, Panama; 3 Amazonian Motmot, Brazil; 4 Broad-billed Motmot, Panama; 5 Rufous-capped Motmot, Brazil
Family #091
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Species: 117
- Distribution: Global
- IOC family #090, HBW family #092, H&M family #094
- wf253 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 42 seen, 38 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
| Blyth’s Kingfisher | Alcedo hercules | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | .. |
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | . |
| Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher | Alcedo peninsulae | |
| Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher | Alcedo euryzona | |
| Small Blue Kingfisher | Alcedo coerulescens | |
| Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus | .. |
| Bismarck Kingfisher | Ceyx websteri | |
| Indigo-banded Kingfisher | Ceyx cyanopectus | |
| Northern Silvery-Kingfisher | Ceyx flumenicola | |
| Southern Silvery-Kingfisher | Ceyx argentatus | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | . |
| Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | .. |
| Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx melanurus | |
| Sangihe Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx sangirensis | |
| Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx fallax | |
| Dimorphic Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx margarethae | |
| Sula Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx wallacii | |
| Moluccan Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Buru Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx cajeli | |
| Papuan Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx solitarius | .. |
| Manus Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx dispar | |
| New Ireland Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx mulcatus | |
| New Britain Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx sacerdotis | |
| New Georgia Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx collectoris | |
| North Solomons Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx meeki | |
| Guadalcanal Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx nigromaxilla | |
| Makira Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx gentianus | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | .. |
| Malagasy Kingfisher | Corythornis vintsioides | .. |
| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | |
| Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher | Corythornis madagascariensis | .. |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | .. |
| African Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei | |
| Banded Kingfisher | Lacedo pulchella | .. |
| Laughing Kookaburra | Dacelo novaeguineae | .. |
| Blue-winged Kookaburra | Dacelo leachii | .. |
| Spangled Kookaburra | Dacelo tyro | |
| Rufous-bellied Kookaburra | Dacelo gaudichaud | .. |
| Shovel-billed Kookaburra | Dacelo rex | |
| Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher | Cittura sanghirensis | |
| Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher | Cittura cyanotis | |
| Brown-winged Kingfisher | Pelargopsis amauroptera | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | .. |
| Great-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis melanorhyncha | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | .. |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | .. |
| Brown-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon gularis | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | .. |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| Javan Kingfisher | Halcyon cyanoventris | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | .. |
| Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | .. |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | .. |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | . |
| Blue-black Kingfisher | Todiramphus nigrocyaneus | |
| Rufous-lored Kingfisher | Todiramphus winchelli | |
| Blue-and-white Kingfisher | Todiramphus diops | |
| Lazuli Kingfisher | Todiramphus lazuli | |
| Red-backed Kingfisher | Todiramphus pyrrhopygius | . |
| Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | .. |
| New Britain Kingfisher | Todiramphus albonotatus | |
| Ultramarine Kingfisher | Todiramphus leucopygius | |
| Vanuatu Kingfisher | Todiramphus farquhari | |
| Marquesan Kingfisher | Todiramphus godeffroyi | |
| Mewing Kingfisher | Todiramphus ruficollaris | |
| Society Kingfisher | Todiramphus veneratus | |
| Tuamotu Kingfisher | Todiramphus gambieri | |
| Chattering Kingfisher | Todiramphus tutus | |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Palau Kingfisher | Todiramphus pelewensis | |
| Guam Kingfisher | Todiramphus cinnamominus | |
| Pohnpei Kingfisher | Todiramphus reichenbachii | |
| Flat-billed Kingfisher | Todiramphus recurvirostris | |
| Colonist Kingfisher | Todiramphus colonus | |
| Torresian Kingfisher | Todiramphus sordidus | . |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | .. |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | .. |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Mariana Kingfisher | Todiramphus albicilla | |
| Melanesian Kingfisher | Todiramphus tristrami | |
| Sombre Kingfisher | Todiramphus funebris | |
| Talaud Kingfisher | Todiramphus enigma | |
| Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher | Todiramphus australasia | |
| White-rumped Kingfisher | Caridonax fulgidus | |
| Hook-billed Kingfisher | Melidora macrorrhina | . |
| Moustached Kingfisher | Actenoides bougainvillei | |
| Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | .. |
| Spotted Kingfisher | Actenoides lindsayi | |
| Blue-capped Kingfisher | Actenoides hombroni | |
| Green-backed Kingfisher | Actenoides monachus | |
| Scaly-breasted Kingfisher | Actenoides princeps | |
| Yellow-billed Kingfisher | Syma torotoro | .. |
| Mountain Kingfisher | Syma megarhyncha | .. |
| Little Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera hydrocharis | .. |
| Common Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea | .. |
| Kofiau Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera ellioti | |
| Biak Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera riedelii | |
| Numfor Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera carolinae | |
| Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera nympha | |
| Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera danae | .. |
| Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera sylvia | .. |
| Black-capped Paradise-Kingfisher | Tanysiptera nigriceps | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | .. |
| Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | .. |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | .. |
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | .. |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | .. |
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | .. |
| American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea | .. |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | .. |
| Green-and-rufous Kingfisher | Chloroceryle inda | .. |
1 Common Kingfisher, Israel; 2 Laughing Kookaburra, Australia; 3 Blue-winged Kookaburra, Australia; 4 White-throated Kingfisher, Israel; 5 Amazon Kingfisher, Brazil; 6 Brown-hooded Kingfisher, South Africa; 7 African Pygmy Kingfisher, Uganda; 8 Woodland Kingfisher, Tanzania; 9 Forest Kingfisher, Australia; 10 Collared Kingfisher, Thailand; 11 Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Ghana; 12 Sacred Kingfisher, Australia; 13 Grey-headed Kingfisher, Uganda; 14 Ringed Kingfisher, USA; 15 Belted Kingfisher, USA; 16 Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Ghana; 17 Malagasy Kingfisher, Madagascar; 18 Stork-billed Kingfisher, India; 19 Crested Kingfisher, India; 20 Pied Kingfisher, Israel; 21 Giant Kingfisher, South Africa; 22 Green Kingfisher, Brazil; 23 Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher, Madagascar; 24 Malachite Kingfisher, South Africa; 25 American Pygmy Kingfisher, Panama; 26 Green-and-rufous Kingfisher, Ecuador
27 Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher, Papua New Guinea; 28 Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, PNG; 29 Mountain Kingfisher, PNG; 30 Little Paradise-Kingfisher, PNG; 31 Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher, PNG; 32 Common Paradise-Kingfisher, PNG; 33 Papuan Dwarf-Kingfisher, PNG; 34 Yellow-billed Kingfisher, PNG; 35 Azure Kingfisher, PNG
Family #092
Rollers (Coraciidae)
- Species: 13
- Distribution: Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic
- IOC family #088, HBW family #088, H&M family #090
- wf253 status: 94% members ticked
- OH: 9 seen and photographed, first seen in Israel, 1977
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | .. |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | .. |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | .. |
| Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | .. |
| Indian Roller | Coracias benghalensis | |
| Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | .. |
| Purple-winged Roller | Coracias temminckii | |
| Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster | .. |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | .. |
| Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | .. |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | .. |
| Azure Roller | Eurystomus azureus |
1 Lilac-breasted Roller, South Africa; 2 Broad-billed Roller, Israel; 3 Rufous-crowned Roller, South Africa; 4 Dollarbird, Australia; 5 Indian Roller, Thailand; 6 Abyssinian Roller, Ghana; 7 Blue-throated Roller, Ghana; 8 Blue-bellied Roller, Ghana; 9 European Roller, Israel
Family #093
Ground Rollers (Brachypteraciidae)
- Species: 5
- Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (Madagascar)
- IOC family #089, HBW family #089, H&M family #091
- wf253 status: 37% members ticked
- OH: 5 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in Madagascar, 2016
- Finding Hints
| Scaly Ground-Roller | Geobiastes squamiger | .. |
| Short-legged Ground-Roller | Brachypteracias leptosomus | .. |
| Long-tailed Ground-Roller | Uratelornis chimaera | .. |
| Pitta-like Ground-Roller | Atelornis pittoides | .. |
| Rufous-headed Ground-Roller | Atelornis crossleyi | . |
1 Short-legged Ground Roller, Madagascar; 2 Scaly Ground Roller, Madagascar; 3 Long-tailed Ground Roller, Madagascar; 4 Pitta-like Ground Roller, Madagascar