Grey-headed kingfisher

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The Grey-headed kingfisher – Halcyon leucocephala – is a Tree kingfisher of Type – sallyer, Family Alcedinidae and Order Coraciiformes. It is resident across most of sub-Saharan Africa down to Angola except for Somalia and parts of Eastern Ethiopia. It has a Southerly breeding range across Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. It also has breeding range along the coasts of the SW Corner of the Arabian Peninsular from Southern Saudi Arabia, along the coasts of the Yemen just into the Dhofar Region of Oman.

Type - sallyer - 
Resident Habitat - lowland woodland, agricultural land and scrubland,

Order -   Coraciiformes
Family - Alcedinidae
Subfamily - Halcyoninae
Genus -  Halcyon

Species - Halcyon leucocephala
Grey-headed kingfisher - Species - ebird.org
Grey-headed kingfisher - Species sheet - wikipedia.org
Grey-headed kingfisher - Species - southafrica.co.za
Grey-headed kingfisher - Database - avibase
Grey-headed kingfisher - Sounds & Maps - xeno.canto.org

Additional Material...
Grey-headed kingfisher - Images - gettyimages.ae
Grey-headed kingfisher - Video - youtube.com
Grey-headed kingfisher - Red List - iucnredlist.org

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