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Halcyon senegalensis |
(Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Family: kingfishers |
Order: Coraciiformes |
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Woodland kingfisher |
Martin-chasseur du Sénégal |
Alción senegalés |
Senegalliest |
Populations in equatorial forest (fuscopilea) sedentary; savanna populations also sedentary to about 8 N
& S of equator, beyond which they become progressively more migratory. In Nigeria resident in S forest and
savannas, and visits N savanna ( N of 9-10 ) from Apr-May to Nov, the Sahelian savannas in Jun-Sept, and to 17
N in Chad and Mali from Jul-Aug to Oct. In S Africa a breeding migrant from Oct-Nov to Apr, spending austral
winter in equatorial Africa, and part of population crosses L Victoria Basin to winter in Sudan; on the central
plateau in Zimbabwe only a passage migrant, in Nov and Apr. Migrates at night, solitarily or in loose
groups. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 2001)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (2001) - www.hbw.com,
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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |