Kingfishers
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
The Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is a 325 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Kingfishers
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Weight
- 325 g
- Habitat
- Wetland
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 26
Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Gambia, Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, eSwatini, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Gabon, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rwanda, Benin, Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Angola, Liberia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire.
Where to see it: Okavango Delta · Xaro Lodge (Botswana); Zambezi river cruise (ZW side) (Zimbabwe); Campement de Wassadou (Senegal); Abuko NR (Gambia); Kangaba and nearby (Niger river) (Mali).
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