| Blue-breasted
Kingfisher |
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Bird Orders |
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Alternate name |
| Halcyon malimbica |
Scientific
name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Dacelonidae |
Family
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| 25 cm |
Length |
| Moist forest, mangrove, savanna, marshes,
rivers, streams & creeks below 1,800 m, in:- Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, [Gulf of Guinea Islands:-
Sao Tome e Principe] Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 2 round white eggs in a hole in a tree
termites nest. Care by both parents. |
Clutch |
| Large invertebrates, fish, frogs and the
fruit of Oil Palm. |
Food |
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Habits |
| 1105 |
World Number |
Least Concern |
Status |
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