White-bellied Kingfisher
Corythornis leucogaster
- Family
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Order
- Coraciiformes
Overview
The white-bellied kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster) is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that occurs in Mali and throughout the African tropical rainforest. The first formal description of the species was by the British zoologist Louis Fraser in 1843 under the binomial name Halcyon leucogaster.
There are three subspecies:
Corythornis leucogaster bowdleri (Neumann, 1908) – far north-eastern Guinea, Mali and Upper Guinean forests
Corythornis leucogaster leucogaster (Fraser, 1843) – Nigeria to north west Angola, Bioko Island
Corythornis leucogaster leopoldi (Dubois, AJC, 1905) – east Congo to south Uganda and northwest Zambia
The white-bellied kingfisher is 13 cm (5.1 in) in length with a weight of around 14.5 g (0.51 oz). It has ultramarine upperparts and a red bill.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: White-bellied kingfisher
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
