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Ian Fulton | profile | all galleries >> African Galleries >> Namibia (and a little of Botswana) 2004 >> Namibia Birds - Individual Species Gallery >> Pied Kingfisher tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Pied Kingfisher

(ceryle rudis)

(ceryle rudis)

A large black and white kingfisher which is widespread. It can be found near any open fresh water and by the coast. For a kingfisher it has an unusual hunting style in which it hovers over the water rather than plunging from a perch and so it is sometimes seen long distances from the shore over large lakes. The male has a double black breast band whilst females and juveniles have a single broken band. Photographs taken at the Kavango River near Shamvura Lodge and at Shakawe Lodge.

See also my gallery of Pied Kingfisher in Ethiopia on this link .

Pied Kingfisher, Shamvura, Namibia
Pied Kingfisher, Shamvura, Namibia
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana
Pied Kingfisher, Shakawe, Botswana