Kingfisher app icon featuring an illustrated belted kingfisher against a bright teal background and golden crescent.

Field-guide-inspired logic

Kingfisher

Think in habitats.

Place one bird in every row, column, and habitat. Birds cannot touch, even diagonally. Play through Journey, Daily Flight, or Open Skies and collect species records in Aviary.

Available now on Android and iOS.

An illustrated belted kingfisher perched on a branch beside a golden crescent, overlooking a teal wetland.
One bird per row per column per habitat
Kingfisher gameplay screen showing a six-by-six Journey puzzle with two Western Meadowlark placements, marked exclusions, six colored habitats, and rule reminders.
Production gameplay: a six-by-six habitat puzzle in Journey.

The puzzle

Four ideas
One clear solution

Every board is a landscape of rows, columns, and illustrated habitats. Place birds, mark exclusions, and let each deduction reveal the next.

  1. One per row

    Each horizontal line holds exactly one bird.

  2. One per column

    Each vertical line holds exactly one bird.

  3. One per habitat

    Every outlined habitat contains exactly one bird.

  4. Give them space

    Birds cannot touch one another, including at diagonal corners.

Beyond the board

Follow the path
Meet the birds

Solving Journey puzzles unlocks new fields and adds birds to Aviary, where each species includes an illustrated entry and natural-history facts.

Journey

Puzzles across changing fields

Complete puzzles in sequence across meadow, woodland, and wetland fields.

Kingfisher Journey screen showing completed and upcoming puzzles in First Meadow and Reedwater, with the next bird record preview.
Journey maps solved and upcoming puzzle stops.

Aviary

A field guide built through play

The illustrated collection records each encounter and includes natural-history facts about every unlocked species.

Kingfisher Aviary bird record showing an illustrated Belted Kingfisher, species profile, and a cited natural-history fact.
Aviary records pair bird illustrations with cited natural-history facts.

Game modes

Choose how to play

01

Journey

Complete puzzle paths through changing habitats.

02

Daily Flight

Solve one new board each day.

03

Open Skies

Choose any available puzzle.

04

Aviary

Review unlocked birds and natural-history facts.

Features

Settings, achievements, and bird facts

Adjust the puzzle presentation, track progress across each mode, and read about the illustrated species you unlock.

  • Accessibility settings help tailor the puzzle’s presentation and feedback.
  • Achievements recognize progress across every way to play.
  • Natural-history facts add context to the illustrated species collection.
  • Respectful artwork keeps attention on each bird’s character and place in the natural world.

Kingfisher

Download Kingfisher

Available now on Android and iOS.

One-bird boards

Start with the habitat that has least room

Place one bird in each row, column, and colored habitat. Birds cannot touch, even diagonally. Count the remaining safe squares in a habitat before deciding where its bird belongs.

A tiny habitat makes a big difference

In the first Journey board, the orange habitat is just one square: row 4, column 5. Its bird is forced. That placement immediately closes the rest of row 4 and column 5.

Far apart can still be wrong

Two birds at opposite ends of a row do not touch, but they still break the one-per-row rule. Check rows, columns, habitats, and diagonals separately.

Where can this bird still go? gives you three visual questions on that first board, with answers folded away until you want them.