Systemmatic list - part 10: Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata [10-13]
6 Lake Chilwa 15th and 3-4 Liwonde 26th-27th.
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Malachite Kingfisher, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011
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Malachite Kingfisher, Liwonde, 27th May 2011
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Grey-headed Kingfisher (Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher) Halcyon leucocephala [1]
1 Liwonde 27th. An intra-African migrant which breeds in Malawi but they are much scarcer at this time of year.
No Brown-hooded Kingfishers seen this time, despite several at Liwonde when we came in 2008.
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Grey-headed Kingfisher, Liwonde, 27th May 2011
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Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti [11]
Although this trip fared worse than the last one for Kingfishers, we did a little better for this species:
Up to 6 Lengwe 20th-21st, 1 Dzalanyama 23rd and 1-2 Liwonde 25th and 27th.
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Striped Kingfishers, Lengwe, 21st May 2011
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Striped Kingfisher, Lengwe, 20th May 2011
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Striped Kingfisher, Liwonde, 25th May 2011
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Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus [2]
1 Mangochi 19th and 1 Liwonde 26th - both on the Shire river.
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Giant Kingfisher, Mangochi, 19th May 2011
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Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis [c20]
The commonest, or at least most conspicuous, Kingfisher.
6 Lake Chilwa 15th, 6+ Cape Maclear 18th-19th and 5-6 Liwonde 26th-27th,
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Pied Kingfisher, Lake Chilwa, 15th May 2011
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Pied Kingfisher, Cape Maclear (Lake Malawi), 18th May 2011
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Pied Kingfishers, Liwonde, 27th (left) and 26th (right) May 2011
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