Striped kingfisher / Streifenliest (Halcyon chelicuti)

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Our bed and breakfast host hand-feeding a striped kingfisher with mealworms. 2009-10-23 19:04:54 South Africa NIKON D40 ISO 720
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Classification: Genus Halcyon; Family Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
General: The striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) is a species of bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily. It was first described by Edward, Lord Stanley, in Salt's Voyage to Abyssinia[3] in 1814 as "Chelicut kingfisher" Alaudo Chelicuti.[4] [more]

Only documented observation: 2009-10-23

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Traveling in South Africa (2009)