Giant Kingfisher

Scientific classification

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Cerylidae
Genus:Megaceryle
Species:M. maxima

The Giant Kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima, is the largest kingfisher in Africa.

Breeding is from August to January, 3-5 eggs being laid in a riverbank tunnel.

Giant Kingfisher is 42-48 cm long, with a large crest and finely spotted white on black upperparts. The male has a chestnut breast band and otherwise white underparts with dark flank barring, and the female has a white-spotted black breast band and chestnut belly.

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