page_title: List of birds of Kenya
section_title: Kingfishers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kenya / Kingfishers
caption_attribution_description: Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis cyanoleuca) photographed in Botswana
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Kenya. The avifauna of Kenya included a total of 1134 confirmed species as of March 2020. Of them, 10 are endemic, 70 are accidental, and four have been introduced by humans. An additional three species are considered "hypothetical" and are not included in the count. Unless otherwise noted, the list is that of iGoTerra.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  The following tags highlight several categories of occurrence other than regular migrants and non-endemic residents. The notes of population status are from the Avibase Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Kenya
  Endemic - a species endemic to Kenya
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Kenya as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Hypothetical - a species recorded but not confirmed in Kenya
context_section_description: Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae
  Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
  Half-collared kingfisher, Alcedo semitorquata
  Shining-blue kingfisher, Alcedo quadribrachys
  Malachite kingfisher, Corythornis cristatus
  African pygmy-kingfisher, Ispidina picta
  Gray-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
  Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis
  Mangrove kingfisher, Halcyon senegaloides
  Blue-breasted kingfisher, Halcyon malimbica
  Brown-hooded kingfisher, Halcyon albiventris
  Striped kingfisher, Halcyon chelicuti
  Giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima
  Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
caption: One subspecies of the woodland kingfisher breeds in Kenya; another (shown) breeds in southern Africa and spends the austral winter as far north as the Turkwel River.
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