The world's most endangered kingfishers and allies
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's kingfishers and allies
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UPUPIDAE | Upupa antaios | St Helena Hoopoe | EX | |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros waldeni | Rufous-headed Hornbill, Walden's Hornbill, Writhed-billed Hornbill | CR | increasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Anthracoceros montani | Sulu Hornbill | CR | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus gambieri | Mangareva Kingfisher, Tuamotu Kingfisher | CR | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus godeffroyi | Marquesan Kingfisher | CR | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros narcondami | Narcondam Hornbill | EN | stable |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Penelopides mindorensis | Mindoro Hornbill | EN | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Penelopides panini | Tarictic Hornbill, Visayan Hornbill | EN | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Tanysiptera ellioti | Kofiau Paradise-kingfisher, Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher, Kofiau Paradise-Kingfisher | EN | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros cassidix | Knobbed Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros everetti | Sumba Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros nipalensis | Rufous-cheeked Hornbill, Rufous-necked Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros subruficollis | Plain-pouched Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Actenoides bougainvillei | Moustached Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Actenoides hombroni | Blue-capped Kingfisher, Hombron's Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Alcedo argentata | Silvery Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Alcedo euryzona | Blue-banded Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Alcedo websteri | Bismarck Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Anthracoceros marchei | Palawan Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| BRACHYPTERACIIDAE | Brachypteracias leptosomus | Short-legged Ground-roller, Short-legged Ground Roller, Short-legged Ground-Roller | VU | decreasing |
| BRACHYPTERACIIDAE | Brachypteracias squamiger | Scaled Ground-roller, Scaled Ground Roller, Scaly Ground-roller, Scaly Ground-Roller | VU | decreasing |
| BUCORVIDAE | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Southern Ground-hornbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Southern Ground-Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Bycanistes cylindricus | Brown-cheeked Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Ceratogymna elata | Yellow-casqued Hornbill, Yellow-casqued Wattled Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Ceyx melanurus | Philippine Dwarf-kingfisher, Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher, Philippine Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| MOMOTIDAE | Electron carinatum | Keel-billed Motmot | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Penelopides exarhatus | Sulawesi Hornbill | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus funebris | Sombre Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus ruficollaris | Cook Islands Kingfisher, Mangaia Kingfisher, Mewing Kingfisher | VU | stable |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus winchelli | Rufous-lored Kingfisher, Winchell's Kingfisher | VU | decreasing |
| BRACHYPTERACIIDAE | Uratelornis chimaera | Long-tailed Ground-roller, Long-tailed Ground Roller, Long-tailed Ground-Roller | VU | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros comatus | White-crowned Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros corrugatus | Wrinkled Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Aceros leucocephalus | Writhed Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Actenoides concretus | Rufous-collared Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Actenoides monachus | Green-backed Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Alcedo hercules | Blyth's Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Anorrhinus austeni | Austen's Brown Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Anorrhinus tickelli | Brown Hornbill, Tickell's Brown Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Anthracoceros coronatus | Malabar Pied Hornbill, Malabar Pied-Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Anthracoceros malayanus | Black Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BRACHYPTERACIIDAE | Atelornis crossleyi | Crossley's Ground-roller, Crossley's Ground Roller, Rufous-headed Ground-roller, Rufous-headed Ground Roller, Rufous-headed Ground-Roller | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Buceros bicornis | Great Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Buceros hydrocorax | Rufous Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Buceros rhinoceros | Rhinoceros Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Ceyx fallax | Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher, Sulawesi Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Cittura cyanotis | Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher, Lilac Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| CORACIIDAE | Coracias garrulus | European Roller, Roller | NT | decreasing |
| CORACIIDAE | Eurystomus azureus | Azure Dollarbird, Purple Dollarbird, Purple Roller | NT | decreasing |
| MEROPIDAE | Merops mentalis | Blue-moustached Bee-eater | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Pelargopsis amauroptera | Brown-winged Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| BUCEROTIDAE | Rhinoplax vigil | Helmeted Hornbill | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Tanysiptera carolinae | Cobalt Paradise Kingfisher, Numfor Paradise-kingfisher, Numfor Paradise-Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Tanysiptera riedelii | Biak Paradise-kingfisher, Biak Paradise Kingfisher, Biak Paradise-Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus albonotatus | New Britain Kingfisher, White-mantled Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus australasia | Cinnamon-backed Kingfisher, Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher, Lesser Sunda Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus enigma | Talaud Kingfisher | NT | stable |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus farquhari | Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher, Vanuatu Kingfisher | NT | decreasing |
| ALCEDINIDAE | Todiramphus lazuli | Lazuli Kingfisher | NT | stable |
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Least concern species are excluded from this list
birds-kingfishers chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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