White-bellied Kingfisher

Corythornis leucogaster (Fraser, 1843)

13 cmLength14 gWeight

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.

Busiest months: February–March and November · Most records: Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February–March and November · Most records: Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon

White-bellied Kingfisher has been recorded at 30 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 10 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Ankasa NPGhana417 records
Ankasa NP – entrance vicinityGhana71 records
Bosque Científica – Selva PrimariaEquatorial Guinea35 records

More places

Korup NP – Rengo Rock Camp AreaCameroon12 records
Playa MorakaEquatorial Guinea9 records
Kakum National ParkGhana8 records
Gola Rainforest NP – NorthSierra Leone6 records
Taï National ParkCôte d’Ivoire5 records
American University of Central AfricaEquatorial Guinea3 records
Foret du BancoCôte d’Ivoire3 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Ghana Equatorial Guinea Cameroon Côte d’Ivoire Sierra Leone Uganda Congo - Kinshasa Gabon

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

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.

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