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Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis · Family Alcedinidae
Alcedo atthis
Family Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,605,146
- Countries and territories with records
- 124
About this species
This species has 2,605,146 occurrence records from 124 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (18.4%), France (11.1%), India (10.9%), Spain (8.4%) and the United Kingdom (6.9%); together they account for 55.7% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.72% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Alcedo atthis combines the genus name Alcedo with the species epithet atthis. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Alcedo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Alcedo meninting, Alcedo semitorquata and Alcedo coerulescens.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Megaceryle alcyon. Its record count is 16.5 times the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.