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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.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] ... Grey-headed kingfisher; Grey-headed lapwing;
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 Halcyon chelicuti: Striped kingfisher: Sub-Saharan Africa Halcyon malimbica: Blue-breasted ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Tanzania. The avifauna of Tanzania included a total of 1160 confirmed species as of October 2024. Of them, 29 are endemic, and four have been introduced by humans. One additional species is hypothetical as defined below; it and two proposed endemic species are not included in the counts.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition, except that South African spelling is used. [1] Taxonomic changes are on-going.
The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia, and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs. Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla; Garden warbler, Sylvia borin
The widespread pied kingfisher is quite gregarious and is often found in small noisy groups. Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae. Shining blue kingfisher, Alcedo quadribrachys; Malachite kingfisher, Corythornis cristatus; African pygmy kingfisher, Ispidina picta; Gray-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala; Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon ...
The wattle-eyes, or puffback flycatchers, are small stout passerine birds of the African tropics. They get their name from the brightly coloured fleshy eye decorations found in most species in this group. Brown-throated wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea; Gray-headed batis, Batis orientalis; Western black-headed batis, Batis erlangeri