Bird genealogy >> Order Coraciiformes >> Family Alcedinidae
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Location

Chobe River, Right Bank
Botswana

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 600 mm
Exposure 1/640 s, f/8, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Riesenfischer Dutch  Afrikaanse Reuzenijsvogel
Italian  Martin pescatore gigante Spanish  Martín Gigante Africano

Comments

Giant Kingfishers are the largest kingfishers in Africa, where they cannot be confused with any other. Males have a rufous band in the breast, whereas females have it in the belly.




 

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    20/08/2011

Giant Kingfisher male
Megaceryle maxima
Martin-pêcheur géant

Micheline JACQUEMIN