Kingfishers

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

The Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) is a 43 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Kingfishers

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

43 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

22

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Gambia, Ethiopia, eSwatini, Malawi, Namibia, Senegal, Ghana, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Rwanda, Cameroon, Benin, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: Mangais Resort Golf (Angola); Lake Mburo NP (Uganda); Majete Game Reserve (Malawi); Rápidos de Surire, south of Saltinho, Tombali (Guinea-Bissau); Macaneta · Wetland, dune forests and coast (Mozambique).

Photo: (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist