Brown-hooded kingfisher
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| Calls recorded in Transvaal, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| 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 subfamily Halcyoninae. 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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Juvenile fresh from nest
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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