- Halcyon senegaloides
Identification
Length: 22 cm (8¾ in)
- Geyish-brown crown
- Black lores
- Greyish ear-coverts and hindneck
- Blue upperparts and tail
- Black wings
Distribution
Africa:
Eastern Africa: found in Somalia, Kenya, Mozambique
Southern Africa: South Africa and KwaZulu-Natal
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Halcyon senegaloides has two subspecies[1]:
- H. s. senegaloides
- Coastal Mozambique and east coast of South Africa
- H. s. ranivorus
Habitat
Wooded streams and mangrove swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
Diet includes insects and crabs, prawns, fish, lizards, hunted from a perch.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mangrove Kingfisher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mangrove_Kingfisher
External Links
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