page_title: List of birds of Kerala
section_title: Kingfishers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kerala / Kingfishers
caption_attribution_description: Stork-billed Kingfisher from Kumarakom in Kerala, India
context_page_description: The state of Kerala, India, has 552 bird species within its boundaries.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List, version 10.2. This list also uses British English throughout. Any bird names or other wording follows that convention. The species list and English names are entirely based on the Checklist of Birds of Kerala published in November 2015.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fit within any of these categories.
  Accidental - Also known as a rarity, it refers to a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Kerala-typically less than ten confirmed records.
context_section_description: Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae
  Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.
  Stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis
  White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis
  Black-capped kingfisher, Halcyon pileata
  Blue-eared kingfisher, Alcedo meninting
  Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
  Oriental dwarf kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca
  Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
caption: Stork-billed kingfisher in Kumarakom
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