Species Detail - Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Alcedo atthis
Kingfisher
NHMSYS0000530141
RecommendedWell-formed
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alatt
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
9
8
7
21/05/2010
24/05/2014
1 January (recorded in 1978)
31 December (recorded in 1988)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/11112