| Striped
Kingfisher |
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Bird Orders |
 |
|
Alternate name |
| Halcyon chelicuti |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Dacelonidae
|
Family |
| 17-19cm |
Length |
| Dry forest, grassland
, savanna, shrubland & agricultural land, below 2,300 m, in:- Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo,Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar & Zimbabwe |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 2-6 White eggs, care
by both parents. |
Clutch |
| Insects, small
lizards. |
Food |
|
Habits |
| 1107 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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