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Giant Kingfisher, female

Megaceryle maxima

Photo by Mel11
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The giant kingfisher is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest. This one was seen on lake Naivasha.

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PublishedOctober 3, 2019

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