Kingfishers

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Ispidina lecontei

The African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei) is a 9.5 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kingfishers

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

9.5 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

16

Photo: (c) Rafael Würtemberger, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist