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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.
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 Halcyon chelicuti: Striped kingfisher: Sub-Saharan Africa Halcyon malimbica
Brown-winged kingfisher, Sundarbans, West Bengal, India. The tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers or Halcyoninae, are the most numerous of the three subfamilies of birds in the kingfisher family, with around 70 species divided into 12 genera, including several species of kookaburras.
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Malachite kingfisher, Corythornis cristatus; White-bellied kingfisher, Corythornis leucogaster; African pygmy kingfisher, Ispidina picta; Gray-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala; Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis; Mangrove kingfisher, Halcyon senegaloides; Blue-breasted kingfisher, Halcyon malimbica; Brown-hooded kingfisher ...
Malachite kingfisher. Family: Alcedinidae. Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Half-collared kingfisher, Alcedo semitorquata; Malachite kingfisher, Corythornis cristatus; African pygmy kingfisher, Ispidina picta; Gray-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
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 weight. [17] The common Australian kingfisher, known as the laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), is the heaviest species, with females reaching nearly 500 g (18 oz) in weight. [18]
Actenoides is a genus of kingfishers in the subfamily Halcyoninae.. The genus Actenoides was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. The type species is Hombron's kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni). [2]