African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) [XC653892]
by Louis A. Hansen from Blouberg Local Municipality (near Edwinsdale), Central, Limpopo, South Africa (song)
African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta) [XC425617]
by Bram Piot from Kombo East, West Coast Region, Gambia (call)
Subspecies
Sometimes placed in Corythornis or Ispidina. Closely related to African Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei). Birds of southern Somalia formerly separated as subspecies jubaensis. Identity of birds breeding on Pemba unclear, as both nominate and natalensis have been collected there.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
pictus (Boddaert, 1783) - Senegal east to Eritrea, south to Uganda and Pemba (possibly).
ferrugineus (Clancey, 1984) - Guinea-Bissau east to western Uganda, south to central Angola, north-western Zambia and northern Tanzania.
natalensis (Smith, A, 1832) - Southern Angola across to central and eastern Tanzania, including Pemba (possibly) and Zanzibar, and south to eastern Botswana and northern and eastern South Africa; some migration north to eastern Zaire, Uganda and southern Sudan.