| Malachite
Kingfisher |
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Alternate name |
| Alcedo cristata |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Alcedinidae |
Family |
| 14cm |
Length |
| Fresh & brackish
waters, natural and artificial, still or running water. Shrub dominated swamps and bogs,
in: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands,
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Principe, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 3-7 White eggs
incubation (14-16 days) and care (25 days) by both parents. |
Clutch |
| Fish, crustaceans,
lizards, amphibians and invertebrates. |
Food |
| Feeds solitarily. |
Habits |
| 1072 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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