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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Ispidina

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Ispidina picta

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (afpkin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Ispidina

Subspecies (3)

Ispidina picta ferrugina

rainforest of Sierra Leone to Congo Basin and western Uganda
Ispidina picta natalensis

Angola to southern Mozambique and South Africa
Ispidina picta picta

Senegambia to Ethiopia, Uganda, southern Mozambique, and Pemba Island

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (afpkin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.