Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Mangrove Kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides) - HBW 6, p. 212

French: Martin-chasseur des mangroves German: Mangroveliest Spanish: Alción de Manglar
Other common names: African Mangrove Kingfisher

Taxonomy: Halcyon Senegaloides A. Smith, 1834, near Port Natal, South Africa.
Forms a superspecies with H. senegalensis. N populations sometimes considered to form a distinct race, ranivorus, but differences seem insufficient to warrant subspecific separation. Monotypic.

Distribution: SC Somalia (middle to lower Shabeelle Valley) S along coast, including offshore islands, to E South Africa (R Great Kei); generally within 20 km of coast, but 150 km inland on R Juba (Somalia), and on R Zambezi to Sena (Mozambique); inland records from Kruger National Park and elsewhere in South Africa not accepted.