Saturday, December 6, 2014

STRIPED KINGFISHER


454          STRIPED KINGFISHER             Halcyon chelicuti

South Africa           (118)

16-18 cm. Found in woodlands, thorn scrub, dry bush and open savanna, avoids intensively farmed land, and not found in dense forests. Range sub-Saharan Africa, in southern Africa in the ne half of the area.  extremely territorial and will drive off its own species as well as other birds.



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