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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Corythornis

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (malkin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Corythornis

Subspecies (5)

Corythornis cristatus cristatus

Nigeria eastward to western Sudan and Kenya, and southward to southern Angola, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
Corythornis cristatus galeritus

Senegal eastward to Ghana
Corythornis cristatus nais

Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea)
Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi

eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia
Corythornis cristatus thomensis

São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (malkin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.