Brown-hooded kingfisher | |
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Calls recorded in Transvaal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: | Halcyon |
Species: | H. albiventris |
Binomial name | |
Halcyon albiventris Scopoli, 1786 |
The brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Male in tree
Juvenile fresh from nest
Male at Pilanesberg Game Reserve