Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Ethiopia and adjacent south-eastern Sudan, and from Angola (Mossamedes) east to Tanzania and south to north-eastern Namibia, eastern Botswana and north-eastern and southern South Africa. Rare breeding records from Kenya.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Half-collared Kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata) [XC486117]
by Peter Boesman from Flagstaff (near Mnceba), Transkei District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)
Half-collared Kingfisher (Alcedo semitorquata) [XC306029]
by Peter Boesman from Melka Ghebdu, Amhara, Ethiopia (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Formerly considered conspecific with Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). Several subspecies have been described, including tephria (equator to R Save in Mozambique) and heuglini (Dire Daoua in Ethiopia), but regional variations in wing length and bill depth are slight and seem insufficient to warrant racial separation.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
heuglini Laubmann, 1925 - Ethiopia.
semitorquata Swainson, 1823 - Ethiopia; Angola to Tanzania, south to Mozambique and southern South Africa.
tephria Clancey, 1951 - Angola to Tanzania and Mozambique.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet