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Halcyon senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) Family: kingfishers Order: Coraciiformes print version
Woodland kingfisher Martin-chasseur du Sénégal Alción senegalés Senegalliest
Migration: partial

Verbreitungskarte von Halcyon senegalensis 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)


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