tree kingfishers
wood kingfishers
halcyoninae latin

Although some tree kingfishers frequent wetlands, none are specialist fish-eaters.

The tree kingfishers are short-tailed large-headed compact birds with long pointed bills.

Tree kingfishers utilise a range of habitats from tropical rainforest to open woodlands and thornbush country.

Halcyon is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the family Halcyonidae.

The tree kingfishers have been previously given the familial name Dacelonidae but Halcyonidae has priority.

Tree kingfishers are monogamous and territorial, although some species including three kookaburras have a cooperative breeding system involving young from earlier broods.

Most tree kingfishers are found in the warm climates of Africa, southern and southeast Asia, and Australasia.

The Paradise kingfishers (genus Tanysiptera) are a group of tree kingfishers found in Australasia.

Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea.

The kingfisher family Halcyonidae (Tree kingfishers) is named after his wife, as is the genus Halcyon.

Kingfishers (mainly the water kingfishers, sometimes the river kingfishers, and rarely the tree kingfishers)

Pelargopsis is a genus of tree kingfishers which are resident in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia.

The Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the family Halcyonidae, the tree kingfishers.

The Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) is a species of kingfisher in the Halcyonidae family, also known as tree kingfishers.

The tree kingfishers are medium to large species, mostly typical kingfishers in appearance, although Shovel-billed Kookaburra has a huge conical bill, and the Tanysiptera paradise kingfishers have long tail streamers.

Tree kingfishers are widespread through Asia and Australasia, but also appear in Africa and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, utilising a range of habitats from tropical rainforest to open woodlands.

The tree kingfishers or wood kingfishers, family Halcyonidae, are the most numerous of the three families of birds in the kingfisher group, with between 56 and 61 species in around 12 genera, including several species of kookaburras.

While the evolutionary history of the Water Kingfishers in regard to their internal relationships is well resolved, it is not entirely clear whether they evolved from river kingfishers or tree kingfishers, and whether they immigrated across the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean (though the former seems more likely).

In the past, all kingfishers were placed in the Alcedinidae, but it became clear that the three subfamilies diverged early, and the Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers) and Cerylidae (water kingfishers) are usually now treated as full families, with the Alcedinidae as the basal lineage in the kingfisher clade.

The tree kingfishers or wood kingfishers, family Halcyonidae, are the most numerous of the three families of birds in the kingfisher group, with between 56 and 61 species in around 12 genera, including several species of kookaburras.