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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Ispidina

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Ispidina lecontei

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (dwakin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Ispidina

Subspecies (2)

Ispidina lecontei lecontei

southwestern Nigeria and Cameroon to Gabon, and from the Congo Basin eastward to the western Rift Valley in southwestern Uganda and southward to northern Angola
Ispidina lecontei ruficeps

western Africa, from Sierra Leone eastward to Ghana

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (dwakin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.