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What the Mangrove Kingfisher sounds like
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The mangrove kingfisher is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long. The male and female are alike. The head is dark grey-brown, with black lores and a narrow white line above the eye, and the cheeks and sides of the neck are brown-grey. The grey breast and flanks are vermiculated (having dense, irregular lines). There is a black patch under the wing. The rest of the plumage is similar to the woodland kingfisher, having black and blue covert and flight feathers. The beak of the mangrove kingfisher is red, the eyes are dark brown, and the legs are dark grey-brown.
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When to see the Mangrove Kingfisher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Mangrove Kingfisher
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Mangrove Kingfisher
The mangrove kingfisher is a kingfisher in the genus Halcyon. It is similar in appearance to the woodland kingfisher. It is found along the eastern coastline of Sub-Saharan Africa, living in woodland, along rivers, and in estuaries and mangrove. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed it as being of least concern.
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Easily confused with
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badiaThe chocolate-backed kingfisher has the typical stocky kingfisher shape with dark upper parts and pure white underparts.
Javan KingfisherHalcyon cyanoventrisThe Javan kingfisher is a medium-sized bird (25–27 cm at maturity) with a distinctive large red bill; dark brown irises, head, throat, and collar; a purple body; vivid turquoise primary coverts, secondaries, and tail; white wing patches on the bases of the primaries (visible in flight); and dark red feet.
Brown-breasted KingfisherHalcyon gularisThe brown-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher endemic to the Philippines, where it is widely distributed.
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