Malagasy Kingfisher

Corythornis vintsioides

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFishRiverineCavity nestSmall · 18 g

When to see the Malagasy Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Malagasy Kingfisher

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 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.

Recorded as a rare visitor in France.

About the Malagasy Kingfisher

The Malagasy kingfisher or Madagascar kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is found in Madagascar, Mayotte and the Comoros. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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