White-bellied Kingfisher
Corythornis leucogaster
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCoraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies)
- FamilyAlcedinidae (Kingfishers)
- GenusCorythornis (African River Kingfishers)
- SpeciesCorythornis leucogaster (White-bellied Kingfisher)
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. The underparts are rufous-chestnut apart from a central white band. The sexes are alike. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Taï National Park
Malachite Kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Halcyon malimbica
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Ispidina lecontei
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Halcyon badia
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Ispidina picta
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Alcedo quadribrachys
Blue-throated Roller
Eurystomus gularis
Whitethroated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis
Black Bee-eater
Merops gularis
Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of White-bellied Kingfisher at Taï National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semuliki National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 2 | Taï National Park | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast |