From the archetypal Common Kingfisher to the magnificent paradise-kingfishers and peculiar Shovel-billed Kookaburra, kingfishers are among the most familiar and well-loved of all bird families. Alex J. Berryman's Kingfishers of the World is the first definitive photographic guide to these birds, and is the first compendium on their biology to be published for more than 30 years.