Birds of the World

Alcedinidae : Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Norfolk, England - October 2013

Britain's most colourful bird has a widespread European and Asian distribution reaching as far east as New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.  Its favoured habitat is slow-moving rivers and streams, although it can often be seen fishing for small fish in permanently still bodies of water, such as gravel pits, ponds and lakes.

Somerset, England - December 2013

Norfolk, England - October 2013

Somerset, England - December 2013

Nottinghamshire, England - December 2009

Goa, India - December 2004