IOC English Name Scientific Name Comments
     
 
ORDER COLIIFORMES
  
Mousebirds (6)
Family Coliidae
  
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus  
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus  
Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus  
White-backed Mousebird Colius colius  
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus  
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus  
     
 
ORDER TROGONIFORMES
  
Trogons (42)
Family Trogonidae
 SEQ (1)
Eared Quetzal Euptilotis neoxenus  
Pavonine Quetzal Pharomachrus pavoninus  
Golden-headed Quetzal Pharomachrus auriceps  
White-tipped Quetzal Pharomachrus fulgidus  
Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno  
Crested Quetzal Pharomachrus antisianus  
Cuban Trogon Priotelus temnurus  
Hispaniolan Trogon Priotelus roseigaster  
Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus  
Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena  
Choco Trogon Trogon comptus  
Ecuadorian Trogon Trogon mesurus AS (2)
Black-tailed Trogon Trogon melanurus  
Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus  
Citreoline Trogon Trogon citreolus  
White-tailed Trogon Trogon chionurus TAX, ENG (3)
Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii  
Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis TAX, ENG (4)
Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus AS (5)
Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus  
Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui  
Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura  
Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus  
Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans  
Mountain Trogon Trogon mexicanus  
Collared Trogon Trogon collaris TAX (6)
Masked Trogon Trogon personatus  
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina  
Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale  
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum  
Javan Trogon Apalharpactes reinwardtii ENG (7)
Sumatran Trogon Apalharpactes mackloti  
Malabar Trogon Harpactes fasciatus  
Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba  
Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii  
Philippine Trogon Harpactes ardens  
Whitehead's Trogon Harpactes whiteheadi  
Cinnamon-rumped Trogon Harpactes orrhophaeus  
Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii  
Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios  
Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus  
Ward's Trogon Harpactes wardi  
     
 
ORDER LEPTOSOMIFORMES
 PHY (8)
Cuckoo Roller (1)
Family Leptosomidae
 TAX (9)
Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor  
     
 
ORDER CORACIIFORMES
  
Rollers (12)
Family Coraciidae
  
Purple Roller Coracias naevius  
Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis  
Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii  
Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus  
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus  
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus  
European Roller Coracias garrulus  
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster  
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis  
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus  
Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis  
Azure Dollarbird Eurystomus azureus  
     
Ground Rollers (5)
Family Brachypteraciidae
  
Short-legged Ground Roller Brachypteracias leptosomus  
Scaly Ground Roller Geobiastes squamiger  
Pitta-like Ground Roller Atelornis pittoides  
Rufous-headed Ground Roller Atelornis crossleyi  
Long-tailed Ground Roller Uratelornis chimaera  
     
Kingfishers (95)
Family Alcedinidae
 TAX (10)
Green-backed Kingfisher Actenoides monachus  
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher Actenoides princeps  
Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei  
Spotted Wood Kingfisher Actenoides lindsayi  
Hombron's Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni  
Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus  
Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina  
Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella  
Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea ENG (11)
Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera ellioti  
Biak Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera riedelii  
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera carolinae ENG (12)
Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis  
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia  
Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nigriceps  
Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nympha ENG (13)
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae ENG (14)
Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis  
Shovel-billed Kookaburra Clytoceyx rex  
Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae  
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii  
Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro  
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud  
Glittering Kingfisher Caridonax fulgidus  
Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis  
Great-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis melanorhyncha  
Brown-winged Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera  
Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda  
White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis  
Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris  
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia  
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata  
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala  
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris  
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti  
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica  
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis  
Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides  
Blue-black Kingfisher Todiramphus nigrocyaneus  
Winchell's Kingfisher Todiramphus winchelli  
Blue-and-white Kingfisher Todiramphus diops  
Lazuli Kingfisher Todiramphus lazuli  
Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii  
White-mantled Kingfisher Todiramphus albonotatus  
Ultramarine Kingfisher Todiramphus leucopygius  
Vanuatu Kingfisher Todiramphus farquhari  
Sombre Kingfisher Todiramphus funebris  
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris  
Talaud Kingfisher Todiramphus enigma  
Micronesian Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus  
Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus  
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus  
Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris  
Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia  
Chattering Kingfisher Todiramphus tutus  
Mewing Kingfisher Todiramphus ruficollaris  
Society Kingfisher Todiramphus veneratus  
Tuamotu Kingfisher Todiramphus gambieri  
Marquesan Kingfisher Todiramphus godeffroyi  
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius  
Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro  
Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha  
African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei  
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta  
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina madagascariensis  
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca TAX (15)
Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx melanurus  
Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx fallax  
Variable Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus ENG (16)
Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopectus TAX (17)
Silvery Kingfisher Ceyx argentatus  
Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus  
Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri  
Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus  
White-bellied Kingfisher Alcedo leucogaster  
Principe Kingfisher Alcedo nais  
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata  
Sao Tome Kingfisher Alcedo thomensis  
Malagasy Kingfisher Alcedo vintsioides  
Cerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens  
Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona  
Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys  
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting  
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis  
Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata  
Blyth's Kingfisher Alcedo hercules  
American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea  
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda  
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana  
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona  
Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris  
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima  
Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata  
Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon  
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis  
     
Todies (5)
Family Todidae
  
Cuban Tody Todus multicolor  
Broad-billed Tody Todus subulatus  
Narrow-billed Tody Todus angustirostris  
Jamaican Tody Todus todus  
Puerto Rican Tody Todus mexicanus  
     
Motmots (14)
Family Momotidae
  
Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula  
Blue-throated Motmot Aspatha gularis  
Russet-crowned Motmot Momotus mexicanus  
Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus coeruliceps AS (18)
Blue-diademed Motmot Momotus lessoni AS (19)
Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens AS (20)
Trinidad Motmot Momotus bahamensis AS (21)
Amazonian Motmot Momotus momota ENG (22)
Andean Motmot Momotus aequatorialis AS, ENG (23)
Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii  
Rufous-capped Motmot Baryphthengus ruficapillus  
Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum  
Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum  
Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa  
     
Bee-eaters (26)
Family Meropidae
  
Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus  
Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni  
Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni  
Black-headed Bee-eater Merops breweri  
Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri  
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis  
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus  
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus  
Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus  
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates  
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki  
White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides  
Somali Bee-eater Merops revoilii  
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis  
Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi  
Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis  
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus  
Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus  
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus  
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus  
Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis  
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti  
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster  
Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus  
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus  
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides  
     
 
ORDER BUCEROTIFORMES
 PHY (24)
Hoopoes (3)
Family Upupidae
 PHY (25)
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops  
African Hoopoe Upupa africana  
Madagascar Hoopoe Upupa marginata  
     
Wood Hoopoes (9)
Family Phoeniculidae
 PHY (26)
Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps  
White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei  
Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus  
Black-billed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus somaliensis  
Violet Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis  
Grant's Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus granti  
Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus  
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas  
Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor  
     
Hornbills (59)
Family Bucerotidae
 PHY (27)
Tickell's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus tickelli ENG (28)
Austen's Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni AS (29)
Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus  
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus  
Bradfield's Hornbill Tockus bradfieldi  
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus  
Hemprich's Hornbill Tockus hemprichii  
Pale-billed Hornbill Tockus pallidirostris  
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus  
Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri  
Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus ENG (30)
Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis AS (31)
Southern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus rufirostris AS (32)
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae AS (33)
Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi AS (34)
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas  
Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris  
Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni  
Jackson's Hornbill Tockus jacksoni  
Black Dwarf Hornbill Tockus hartlaubi  
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Tockus camurus  
White-crested Hornbill Tropicranus albocristatus  
Malabar Grey Hornbill Ocyceros griseus  
Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros gingalensis  
Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris  
Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus  
Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris  
Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei  
Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus  
Sulu Hornbill Anthracoceros montani  
Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis  
Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros  
Rufous Hornbill Buceros hydrocorax  
Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil  
Sulawesi Hornbill Penelopides exarhatus  
Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini  
Luzon Hornbill Penelopides manillae AS (35)
Mindoro Hornbill Penelopides mindorensis AS (36)
Mindanao Hornbill Penelopides affinis AS (37)
Samar Hornbill Penelopides samarensis AS (38)
White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus  
Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis  
Knobbed Hornbill Aceros cassidix  
Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus  
Walden's Hornbill Aceros waldeni  
Writhed Hornbill Aceros leucocephalus  
Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus  
Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami  
Plain-pouched Hornbill Rhyticeros subruficollis  
Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus  
Sumba Hornbill Rhyticeros everetti  
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator  
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator  
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus  
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis  
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus  
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis  
Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata  
Yellow-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna elata  
     
Ground Hornbills (2)
Family Bucorvidae
 PHY (39)
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus  
Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri  

Footnotes:

  1. Sequence of New World trogons follows AOU in accord with DaCosta and Klicka (2008) and Moyle (2005)
  2. Trogon mesurus is split from T. melanurus (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, SACC 2009, NACC 2010)
  3. Trogon chionurus is not sister species of T.viridis (DaCosta and Klicka 2008, SACC 2009); CHANGE English name to simpler White-tailed Trogon (SACC)
  4. Trogon viridis is not sister species of T.chionurus (DaCosta and Klicka 2008, SACC 2009); tentative English name is Green-backed Trogon (SACC).
  5. Trogon caligatus is split from T. violaceus (Ridgely & Greenfield 2001, SACC 2009, NACC 2010)
  6. Trogon collaris includes T. aurantiiventris, probably a color morph (AOU, Dickinson 2003)
  7. CHANGE: English name of Apalharpactes reinwartii from Blue-tailed Trogon to Javan Trogon to align w BLI, HBW.
  8. The Cuckoo Roller is the only member of an ancient lineage (not Coraciiformes) with no known relatives among modern birds and thus put into a separate Order, Leptosomiformes (Hackett et al. 2008)
  9. The correct spelling of this family name is Leptosomidae, not Leptosomatidae (Bock 1994)
  10. The kingfishers (Alcedinidae) comprise three monophyletic clades (Alcedininae, Cerylinae, and Daceloninae) (Moyle 2006); some taxonomists elevate them to family status (Sibley and Monroe 1990, Christidis and Boles 2008)
  11. CHANGE: English name of Tanysiptera galatea to Common Paradise Kingfisher (Gregory 2009)
  12. CHANGE: English name of Tanysiptera carolinae to Numfor Paradise Kingfisher (Gregory 2009)
  13. CHANGE: English name of Tanysiptera nympha to Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Gregory 2009)
  14. CHANGE: English name of Tanysiptera danae to Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Gregory 2009)
  15. Rufous-backed morphs sometimes treated as separate species C.rufidorsa, but see Lim et al 2010
  16. CHANGE: English name of Ceyx lepidus to Variable Dwarf Kingfisher (Gregory 2009)
  17. Move cyanopecta, argentata, azurea, websteri, and pusilla from Alcedo to Ceyx (Moyle 2007, Christidis & Boles 2008)
  18. Momotus coeruliceps is one of 5 species in Blue-crowned Motmot complex recognized by Stiles 2009, SACC
  19. Momotus lessoni is one of 5 species in Blue-crowned Motmot complex recognized by Stiles 2009, SACC
  20. Momotus subrufescens is one of 5 species in Blue-crowned Motmot complex recognized by Stiles 2009, SACC
  21. Momotus bahamensis is one of 5 species in Blue-crowned Motmot complex recognized by Stiles 2009, SACC
  22. Change English name of Momotus motmota to Amazonian Motmot with break up of this species complex (Stiles 2009, SACC)
  23. M. aequatorialis is one of five species in the Momotus momota complex; includes ssp aequatorialis & chlorolaemus(Stiles 2009, SACC); CHANGE English name from Highland Motmot to Andean Motmot following SACC
  24. Separation of the hoopoes and hornbills as the Order Bucerotiformes maintains monophyly of the Coraciiformes without submerging the Piciformes and Trogoniformes into the Coraciiformes (Hackett et al. 2008).
  25. The hoopoes (Upupidae) and wood hoopoes (Phoeniculidae) are sister taxa related in turn to the hornbills (Hackett et al. 2008)
  26. The hoopoes (Upupidae) and wood hoopoes (Phoeniculidae) are sister taxa related in turn to the hornbills (Hackett et al. 2008)
  27. The hornbills (Bucerotidae) and ground hornbills (Bucorvidae) are sister taxa related in turn to the hoopoes and wood hoopoes (Hackett et al. 2008)
  28. CHANGE: English name of Anorrhinus tickelli to Tickell's Brown Hornbill (BLI) with split of A.austeni.
  29. Anorrhinus austeni is split from A.tickelli (Kemp 1995, Rasmussen & Anderton 2005); BLI recognizes
  30. CHANGE: English name of Tockus erythrorhynchus to Northern Red-billed Hornbill with multiple splits
  31. Tockus damarensis is split from T.erythrorhynchus (Kemp & Delport 2002, Sinclair & Ryan 2003)
  32. Tockus rufirostris is split from T.erythrorhynchus ( Kemp & Delport 2002,Sinclair & Ryan 2003; cf Chittenden 2007)
  33. Tockus ruahae is a new taxon recognized in the Red-billed Hornbill complex (Kemp & Delport 2002, Sinclair & Ryan 2003,Tréca & Érard 2000)
  34. Tockus damarensis is a new taxon recognized in the Red-billed Hornbill complex (Kemp & Delport 2002, Sinclair & Ryan 2003)
  35. Penelopides manillae is split from P.panini (Kemp 1995, Inskipp et al. 1996, cf Dickinson 2003); BLI recognizes
  36. Penelopides mindorensis is split from P.panini (Kemp 1995, Inskipp et al. 1996, cf Dickinson 2003); BLI recognizes
  37. Penelopides affinis is split from P.panini (Kemp 1995, Inskipp et al. 1996, cf Dickinson 2003); BLI recognizes
  38. Penelopides samarensis is split from P.panini (Kemp 1995, cf Inskipp et al. 1996, Dickinson 2003).
  39. The hornbills (Bucerotidae) and ground hornbills (Bucorvidae) are sister taxa related in turn to the hoopoes and wood hoopoes (Hackett et al. 2008)