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Halcyon senegaloides

Photo by John Dempsey
Photo Taken: Sokoke Forest Kenya

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

Length: 23 to 24 cm.

[edit] Distribution

East coast of Africa; from Somalia to South Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Halcyon senegaloides has two subspecies:

H. s. senegaloides

Coastal Mozambique and east coast of South Africa

H. s. ranivorus

Coastal Somalia to Tanzania, Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia islands

[edit] Habitat

Wooded streams and mangrove swamps.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes insects and crabs.

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.