Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)

Other Names (World)
Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Brown-headed Kingfisher

Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
21 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Scopoli, 1786)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) [XC349562]
by Faansie Peacock from Bhangazi Gate, St Lucia Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call)

Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) [XC637861]
by Tony Archer from Mamusa Local Municipality (near Schweizer-Reneke), Bophirima, North West, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Western populations described as a separate subspecies, hylophyla, on basis of slightly darker coloration, but considered insufficiently distinct from prentissgrayi. Population from southern Somalia and north-eastern Kenya described as subspecies erlangeri, but apparently indistinguishable from orientalis.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

prentissgrayi Bowen, 1930 - Eastern Gabon, southern Congo, south-western Zaire, western Angola and southern Kenya, west-central Tanzania to northern Zambia.
orientalis Peters, W, 1868 - Coastal lowlands from southern Somalia to Mozambique, inland to Malawi, southern Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern Botswana.
vociferans Clancey, 1952 - Eastern Botswana east to southern Mozambique, south to Orange Free State and Natal.
albiventris (Scopoli, 1786) - Natal to south-western Cape Province; migrates to southern Zimbabwe.

References
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Files:

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