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The river kingfishers or Alcedinidae, are one of the three families of bird in the kingfisher group. These are brightly plumaged compact birds with short tails, large heads and long bills. They feed on insects or fish, and lay white eggs in a self-excavated burrow. Both adults incubate the eggs and feed the chicks.

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Actenoides concretus - Rufous-collared KingfisherAlcedo atthis - Common KingfisherAlcedo meninting - Blue-eared KingfisherCeryle rudis - Pied KingfisherCeyx azureus - Azure KingfisherCeyx erithaca - Oriental Dwarf KingfisherCeyx pusillus - Little KingfisherDacelo leachii - Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo novaeguineae - Laughing KookaburraHalcyon smyrnensis - White-throated KingfisherPelargopsis capensis - Stork-billed KingfisherTanysiptera sylvia - Buff-breasted Paradise KingfisherTodiramphus chloris - Collared KingfisherTodiramphus macleayii - Forest KingfisherTodiramphus pyrrhopygius - Red-backed KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus - Sacred Kingfisher