giant kingfisher

With a size of 42–46 cm this is the biggest Kingfisher in Africa

My first time to see a Giant Kingfisher. This one was sitting on an electric wire over the Congo river where I tried all I could to photograph it.

Sorry I haven't done my browsing yet, and now it's late. I have to finish my last cuppa and get to bed. I'll try to catch up tomorrow after our museum round, or failing that, the next day between flights and after I get home. Meanwhile, here's a series about another of my Kruger lifers. Gavin...

The kingfisher did a lot of bashing and turning the terrapin before he managed to swallow it.

Even just digesting a terrapin must be hard work when it's been swallowed whole, shell and all

Gambia November 2016

This largest of kingfisher species, ~43 cm long, sits on the edge of a metal roof of a fisherman's shack at water's edge.

I got this photo after this cool bird slapped a fish on a bridge and gulped it down. I wish I got the tail feathers in...my bad

Giant Kingfisher

Very impressive. Lives up to its name.

Giant Kingfisher female

...in Africa, is the Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima). I took this picture in the last trip that I did with Whitehawk to the friendly country of Senegal. Lovely boat rides with plenty of photographic opportunities!

Common resident. Largest member of the Kingfisher family.

Watching and waiting for an unsuspecting fish.

female waiting for her husband

This photo was taken in the Gambia April 09 www.micclarkphotography.co.uk

Giant Kingfisher