bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes - rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies

kingfisher - nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish

Alcedo, genus Alcedo - type genus of the Alcedinidae

Ceryle, genus Ceryle - a genus of birds of the family Alcedinidae

Dacelo, genus Dacelo - Australasian kingfishers

genus Halcyon, Halcyon - a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the Old World