Brown-hooded kingfisher
Brown-hooded kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Halcyonidae |
Genus: | Halcyon |
Species: | H. albiventris |
Binomial name | |
Halcyon albiventris (Scopoli, 1786) | |
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The brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) is a species of bird in the family Halcyonidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Male in tree
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Juvenile fresh from nest
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Male at Pilanesberg Game Reserve
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Halcyon albiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
- Brown-hooded kingfisher - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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