Malachite Kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Corythornis
- eBird Code
- malkin1
Subspecies (5)
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Corythornis cristatus cristatus
Nigeria eastward to western Sudan and Kenya, and southward to southern Angola, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
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Corythornis cristatus galeritus
Senegal eastward to Ghana
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Corythornis cristatus nais
Príncipe (Gulf of Guinea)
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Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi
eastern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia
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Corythornis cristatus thomensis
São Tomé (Gulf of Guinea)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.