African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei) | Photos and ID

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African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 1 — Photo: (c) William Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by William Stephens · cc-by

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 2 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 3 — Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 4 — Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 5 — Photo: Rafael Würtemberger · CC BY 4.0

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 6 — Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 7 — Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei), photo 10 — Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

This is the world's smallest kingfisher with a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) and a weight of 9–12 grams (0.32–0.42 oz).

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When to see the African Dwarf Kingfisher

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the African Dwarf Kingfisher

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 14 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Ghana Cameroon Nigeria Côte d’Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Liberia Gabon Congo - Brazzaville Congo - Kinshasa Central African Republic Guinea Sierra Leone South Sudan

Recorded as a rare visitor in Angola.

About the African Dwarf Kingfisher

The African dwarf kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the Alcedininae subfamily.

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Easily confused with

African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina pictaThe African pygmy kingfisher is 12 cm (4.7 in) in length.

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