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Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)



Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Class: Aves
Family: Alcedinidae
Common Name: Giant Kingfisher
Genus: Megaceryle
Species Name: maxima

About The Giant Kingfisher

Systems
  • Terrestrial
  • Freshwater
  • Marine


Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Megaceryle maxima. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Africa: Eastern and Southern
Africa: Egypt and Ethiopia
Tanzania

Member Lifelists

Africa
World

Sites Where Observed

Location
Date
Notes
Port St. Johns - Wild Coast, South Africa
2/1/2003
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
1/23/2011
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Tanga, Tanzania
2/7/2025
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

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