=== List of species in taxonomic order ===* Genus "Lacedo":* Banded kingfisher, "Lacedo pulchella"* Genus "Dacelo", kookaburras:* Laughing kookaburra, "Dacelo novaeguineae":* Blue-winged kookaburra, "Dacelo leachii":* Spangled kookaburra, "Dacelo tyro":* Rufous-bellied kookaburra, "Dacelo gaudichaud"* Genus "Clytoceyx":* Shovel-billed kookaburra, "Clytoceyx rex"* Genus "Cittura":* Lilac kingfisher, "Cittura cyanotis"* Genus "Pelargopsis":* Brown-winged kingfisher, "Pelargopsis amauroptera":* Stork-billed kingfisher, "Pelargopsis capensis":* Great-billed kingfisher, "Pelargopsis melanorhyncha"* Genus "Halcyon":* Ruddy kingfisher, "Halcyon coromanda":* Chocolate-backed kingfisher, "Halcyon badia":* White-throated kingfisher, "Halcyon smyrnensis":* Grey-headed kingfisher, "Halcyon leucocephala":* Black-capped kingfisher, "Halcyon pileata":* Javan kingfisher, "Halcyon cyanoventris":* Woodland kingfisher, "Halcyon senegalensis":* Mangrove kingfisher, "Halcyon senegaloides":* Blue-breasted kingfisher, "Halcyon malimbica":* Brown-hooded kingfisher, "Halcyon albiventris":* Striped kingfisher, "Halcyon chelicuti"* Genus "Todirhamphus":* Blue-black kingfisher, "Todirhamphus nigrocyaneus":* Winchell's kingfisher, "Todirhamphus winchelli":* Blue-and-white kingfisher, "Todirhamphus diops":* Lazuli kingfisher, "Todirhamphus lazuli":* Forest kingfisher, "Todirhamphus macleayii":* White-mantled kingfisher, "Todirhamphus albonotatus":* Ultramarine kingfisher, "Todirhamphus leucopygius":* Vanuatu kingfisher, "Todirhamphus farquhari":* Red-backed kingfisher, "Todirhamphus pyrrhopygia":* Flat-billed kingfisher, "Todirhamphus recurvirostris":* Micronesian kingfisher, "Todirhamphus cinnamominus":* Collared kingfisher, "Todirhamphus chloris":* Sombre kingfisher, "Todirhamphus funebris":* Talaud kingfisher, "Todirhamphus enigma":* Beach kingfisher, "Todirhamphus saurophaga":* Cinnamon-banded kingfisher, "Todirhamphus australasia":* Sacred kingfisher, "Todirhamphus sanctus":* Society kingfisher, "Todirhamphus veneratus":* Mewing kingfisher, "Todirhamphus ruficollaris":* Chattering kingfisher, "Todirhamphus tuta":* Marquesan kingfisher, "Todirhamphus godeffroyi":* Tuamotu kingfisher, "Todirhamphus gambieri"* Genus "Caridonax":* Glittering kingfisher, "Caridonax fulgidus"* Genus "Melidora":* Hook-billed kingfisher, "Melidora macrorrhina"* Genus "Actenoides":* Moustached kingfisher, "Actenoides bougainvillei":* Rufous-collared kingfisher, "Actenoides concretus":* Spotted wood kingfisher, "Actenoides lindsayi":* Hombron's Kingfisher, "Actenoides hombroni":* Green-backed kingfisher, "Actenoides monachus":* Scaly-breasted kingfisher, "Actenoides princeps"* Genus "Syma":* Yellow-billed kingfisher, "Syma torotoro":* Mountain kingfisher, "Syma megarhyncha"* Genus "Tanysiptera", Paradise kingfishers:* Little paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera hydrocharis":* Common paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera galatea":* Kofiau paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera ellioti":* Biak paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera riedelii":* Numfor paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera carolinae":* Red-breasted paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera nympha":* Brown-headed paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera danae":* Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, "Tanysiptera sylvia"== Description ==Kingfishers are short-tailed large-headed compact birds with long pointed bills.