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Halcyon leucocephala ( Statius Müller , 1776) 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 .
The brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers. It has a brown head and blackish and turquoise wings. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa, living in woodland, scrubland, forest edges, and also suburban areas.
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The current genus Halcyon was introduced by the English naturalist and artist William Swainson in 1821, with the woodland kingfisher as the type species. [4] Three subspecies are recognised: [5] H. s. fuscopileus Reichenow, 1906 – Sierra Leone to south Nigeria and south to DR Congo and north Angola
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Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, delivers remarks during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing on the expected nomination of Pete Hegseth to be Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in ...
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The striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) is a species of bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily. It was first described by Edward, Lord Stanley, in Salt's Voyage to Abyssinia [3] in 1814 as "Chelicut kingfisher" Alaudo Chelicuti. [4] The genus name Halcyon comes from a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher.