Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) - HBW 6, p. 211
French: Martin-chasseur du Sénégal
German: Senegalliest
Spanish: Alción Senegalés
Other common names: Angola/Red-and-black-billed/Senegal Kingfisher, Angolan Woodland Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Alcedo senegalensis Linnaeus, 1766, Senegal.
Forms a superspecies with H. senegaloides. S race cyanoleuca has in past been treated as a full species. Race fuscopilea sometimes merged with nominate. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) - Senegambia E to Ethiopia and S to W Kenya, NW Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
- fuscopilea Reichenow, 1906 - Sierra Leone to S Nigeria, Bioko I (Fernando Póo) and Congo Basin.
- cyanoleuca (Vieillot, 1818) - NW Tanzania S to Angola, Botswana and NE South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird looking around Locality Lukaya, Uganda (ssp senegalensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 12 September 2010 1 year ago 18 sec 4.8 -
bird in a tree Locality Lukaya, Uganda (ssp senegalensis)
Daniêl Jimenez 12 September 2010 1 year ago 34 sec 4.7 -
A bird in a tree, calling repeatedly Locality Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe, Uganda (ssp senegalensis)
Josep del Hoyo 27 August 2006 5 years ago 41 sec 4.4 -
A dorsal and ventral view of a bird on a branch Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana (ssp cyanoleuca)
Alex García · Videoaves 28 December 2007 3 years ago 25 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a branch. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp senegalensis)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 5 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched and looking around Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp cyanoleuca)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 January 2008 3 years ago 41 sec 4.2
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An adult bird feeding in open woodland with scattered damp hollows.
Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp senegalensis)
Steve Garvie 11 October 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
A bird perched on a branch
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia
Piotr Jonczyk 12 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Individual perched
Locality Kapama Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Renata Biancalana 4 weeks ago 3.7 -
Solo bird perched in tree.
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
ddarbela 19 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.6 -
A perched bird
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Chris and Megan Perkins 23 March 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) at Xakanaxa, Moremi National Park, Botswana
Locality Botswana
LHarding 17 November 2008 2 years ago 3.5
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Calls. 7:54am. Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp cyanoleuca)
Charles Hesse 20 November 2009 2 years ago 4.5 -
song Locality Moremi Game Reserve, Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana
(ssp cyanoleuca)
Claus Fischer 18 March 2011 45 weeks ago 4
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