Ghana and Ethiopia

The African Pygmy Kingfisher is distributed throughout most of tropical Africa south of the Sahara. See the distribution map at Birdlife International.

It is very small at 12 cm with bright violet-blue upperparts and bright orange-rufous underparts with a white throat. The head is mainly orange-rufous with a blue and black crown and a violet wash on the ear-coverts. There is a white patch on the side of the neck. The bill and feet are coral red.