Cyril Ruoso / Pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx picta) portrait, Cross River State, Nigeria. Non-ex

David Pattyn / Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (Corythornis madagascariensis) at night. Masoala National Park, Bay of Angotil, North eastern Madagascar.

David Pattyn / Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (Corythornis madagascariensis) feeding, with beak covered in dirt, Masoala National Park, Bay of Angotil, North eastern Madagascar.

Bernard Castelein / Madagascar. pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina Madagascar.iensis) perched, Vohimana Reserve, Madagascar.

Bernard Castelein / Madagascar. pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina Madagascar.iensis) perched, Vohimana Reserve, Madagascar.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta), Lope National Park, Gabon

Cyril Ruoso / African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) portrait, Cross River State, Nigeria

Jouan & Rius / Pygmy Kingfisher (Ceyx / Ispidina madagascariensis) perched on branch, tropical dry forest, Bemahara NP, Madagascar

Piotr Naskrecki / African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) flying, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Cyril Ruoso / African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) portrait, Cross River State, Nigeria

Hermann Brehm / Male Pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta) perched on a branch with a dragonfly in its beak, Masai Mara, Kenya. Africa.