Kingfishers

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Halcyon badia

The Chocolate-backed Kingfisher (Halcyon badia) is a 58 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kingfishers

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

58 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in Ghana, Uganda, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eq. Guinea, Gabon, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Central African Rep., Nigeria, Angola, Guinea.

Where to see it: Meno River (Côte d'Ivoire); LuiKotale Camp (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire); Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary (Sierra Leone); IET station (Côte d'Ivoire).

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