- Recorded 6 March 2005
- Added to IBC 3 years 9 weeks ago
- Steve Garvie
- Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp rudis).
Rating
More material of this species
- 4.7Emerging after...The Gambia, Nov 2012
- 4.7Successful div...The Gambia, Jan 2011
- 4.7in flightIsrael, Jan 2011
- 4.7A bird overloo...Uganda, Mar 2011
- 4.5Several views ...Kenya, Aug 2006
- 4.5A pair on a br...Senegal, Apr 2010
Recent material by Steve Garvie
- 4.6A perched imma...Kenya, Jul 2012
- 4.3An adult perch...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.2An adult male ...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.3A calling adul...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.5An adult shadi...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.4Male Verreaux'...Kenya, Jul 2010
This species regularly hovers whilst fishing and as a result it can fish over large shallow lakes often far out from the shore and unaccessible to other kingfishers.