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The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a species of kingfisher that has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.
Black-capped kingfisher: India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia Halcyon leucocephala: Grey-headed kingfisher: Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa. Halcyon albiventris: Brown-hooded kingfisher: Sub-Saharan Africa ...
The smallest species of kingfisher is the African dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), which averages 10 cm (3.9 in) in length and between 9 and 12 g (0.32 and 0.42 oz) in weight. [16] The largest kingfisher in Africa is the giant kingfisher ( Megaceryle maxima ), which is 42 to 46 cm (17 to 18 in) in length and 255–426 g (9.0–15.0 oz) in ...
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The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns. Brown-rumped bunting, Emberiza affinis (A) Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana (A) Golden-breasted bunting, Emberiza flaviventris; Somali bunting, Emberiza poliopleura
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The brown-hooded kingfisher is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long. [7] The head is brown, with blackish streaks. There is a broad buffy collar above the brownish-black mantle. The wing coverts are mostly brownish-black, and the secondary flight feathers are turquoise. The rump is azure-blue.
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