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Mangrove Kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides)

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Class: Aves
Family: Alcedinidae
Common Name: Mangrove Kingfisher
Genus: Halcyon
Species Name: senegaloides

About The Mangrove Kingfisher

Length: 215-230 mm. Colour: Adult: head, breast, flanks and belly grey, blue grey on back, rump azure blue; wings azure blue with black coverts; tail azure blue above, black below. Bill red; feet black. Habitat: mangrove swamp and dense bush in lagoons, creeks and estuaries.

Rights Holder: WoRMS for SMEBD
Bibliographic Citation: Fry, C.H., S. Keith & E.K. Urban (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.

Trips Where Observed

Africa: Eastern and Southern

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