6319 x 5056 px | 53,5 x 42,8 cm | 21,1 x 16,9 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
14. November 2024
Ort:
Lake Nzelekela Mterere, Rufiji, Tanzania
Weitere Informationen:
The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a species of kingfisher that has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa. H. l. hyacinthina Reichenow, 1900 – southeast Somalia to Tanzania H. l. pallidiventris Cabanis, 1880 – south DR Congo to northwest Tanzania and south to north South Africa The sexes are similar. The adult of the nominate race H. l. leucocephala has a pale grey head, black mantle and back, bright blue rump, wings and tail, and chestnut underparts. Subspecies H. l. pallidiventris has a darker grey head and paler chestnut underparts but is otherwise similar. The beak is long, red and sharp. This bird grows to an average length of 21 cm (8.3 in).
