page_title: List of birds of Singapore
section_title: Kingfishers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Singapore / Kingfishers
caption_attribution_description: English: Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) in Nee Soon Forest, Singapore.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Singapore. The avifauna of Singapore include a total of 436 species, and 30 have been introduced by humans.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species.
context_section_description: Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae
  Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.
  Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - C/WV - water edges
  Rufous-collared kingfisher (Actenoides concretus) - Ex/RB
  Blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) - R/RB - BBNP, CCNR, HNP, NTL, Poyan, P. Ubin, SBTB, SBWR
  Black-backed dwarf-kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus) - R/WV - Bidadari, BTNR, CCNR, SBWR, Tuas
  Rufous-backed dwarf-kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa) - Ex/RB
  Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) - U/RB - water edges
  Ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) - R/RBWV - RB: P. Tekong. WV: Bidadari, CBP, CCNR, City, DFNP, Fort Canning, JLG, P. Ubin, SBG, SBWR, Venus Drive
  White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) - C/RB - water edges
  Black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) - U/WV - Bidadari, CCNR, Changi, Halus, JLG, NTL, PRP, SBWR, S. Serangoon, Tuas, LSD
  Collared kingfisher (Todirhamphus chloris) - VC/RB - water edges
caption: Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) - Nee Soon Forest
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