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  Woodland Kingfisher - Definition, explanation
The Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Africa south of the Sahara.
This kingfisher is essentially resident within 8° of the equator, but northern and southern populations are migratory, moving into the equatorial zone in the dry season.
Woodland Kingfisher has a striking display in which the wings are spread to show the white linings.
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 Kingfisher | Bird | Southern Africa...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Kingfishers are one of the most brilliantly coloured birds, and many have strident voices and dramatic courtship displays.
Despite their name, not all kingfishers feed on fish - many are carnivorous (feeding on vertebrates such as reptiles, rodents and birds) or insectivorous (feeding on insects and other invertebrates), and some rarely come near water.
Kingfishers perch in an upright stance, are large-headed, short-necked and have long, stout bills.
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 Tree kingfisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The tree kingfishers or wood kingfishers, family Alcedinidae, are the most numerous of the three families of birds in the kingfisher group.
The kingfishers are quite well-known: the vagueness of the counts reflects controversies in the taxonomy of this family more than any gross lack of data on the birds themselves.
Tree kingfishers are widespread through Asia and Australasia, but also appear in Africa and the islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
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Kingfisher is the name of a large family of birds that have large heads and long, heavy, pointed bills.
The kookaburra, commonly found in Australia, is an example of a woodland kingfisher.
The belted kingfisher may spend long hours sitting on a branch alongside a body of water watching for small fish that swim near the surface.
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 Kingfisher | Bird | Southern Africa...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Another intra-African migrant is the bold and vociferous Woodland Kingfisher which heralds the arrival of the summer rains south of the Zambezi, with its raucous and repetitive 'ki.
The Brown-hooded Kingfisher is not a migrant, and although it is a bushveld bird, it is resident in leafy suburbs of South African towns such as Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Nelspruit and Durban.
This insectivorous kingfisher excavates a tunnel nest chamber in a sand bank, and is often found near dry watercourses.
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 San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Kingfisher
Kingfishers that live in forests, grasslands, and deserts have a different diet, dining on a variety of insects, spiders, reptiles, and small mammals, which they catch by spying the prey from a perch and darting out to snap it up.
Kingfisher species at the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park are fed anoles, crickets, mealworms, and fish.
Kingfishers have a variety of calls used to announce their territory, warn off other birds, and communicate with a mate and their chicks, such as shrieks, screams, clicks, whistles, chuckles, rattles, and chirps.
www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-kingfisher.html   (1298 words)

  
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Kingfisher, Okla. After 17 years of operating franchise retail stores, he opened the first Wal-Mart Discount City in Rogers, Ark., in 1962.
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The principal genera—Castanea (chestnut and chinquapin), Fagus (beech), and Quercus (oak, including the cork oak)—form a dominant part of temperate woodland vegetation and are highl...
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 photoSIG » Woodland Kingfisher
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Found this beautifull Kingfisher at a restplace in Krüger National Park.
Thomas, the Kingfisher was a bit too far away and I could not get closer due to a fence - therefore I had to crop the shot a lot.
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 Pictures of Birds Woodland Kingfisher
The Woodland Kingfisher is a summer visitor to this area.
Breeds from November to March, in a hole in a tree.
Habitat is mainly savanna woodland and dense riverine bush.
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 Picture Gallery: Woodland Kingfisher eating a Bat
The Woodland Kingfisher feeds primarily on insects, including grasshoppers, locusts, beetles from several genus, cockroaches, caterpillars and grubs, moths and butterflies, cicadas, dragonflies, ants and winged termites.
The camp was again Satara where woodland kingfishers seem to rule the roost, each chasing other birds (all species) out of it's "territory".
I never saw the kingfisher swallow the bat, but could see the bat being beaten for about two minutes before the kingfisher flew off presumably to swallow the bat away from all the exited people.
www.batsgauteng.org.za /Gallery04Kingfisher.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Kingfisher Information
"Kookaburras, known as the Laughing Jackasses of Australia, are from the family Kingfishers".
"The sacred kingfisher is widely distributed throughout the Pacific, the New Zealand subspecies is vagans.
"The belted kingfisher, a short, plump bird of the family Alcedinidae".
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 Woodland Kingfisher - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Woodland Kingfisher - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Woodland Kingfisher contains research on
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 Woodland (disambiguation) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The word woodland or woodlands, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language.
Look up woodland on Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas.
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 Home Pets - Kingfisher Bird Belted Kingfisher Sculpture Bird Art - Daniel Mcquestion belted Kingfisher - #111 ~ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Kingfisher Project save and to control the Kingfishers population in our region and to get as much information about this bird as possible.
Halcyon is the Greek word for kingfisher and refers to a bird fabled to breed about the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the
Kingfisher Poster Title: Exotic Bird I. Click picture for a larger view and details about this poster.
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 Woodland Kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
A mainly insectiverous inhabitant of bush and woodland.
It is the only East African Kingfisher with a bi-coloured bill.
At Lake Baringo the bird is usually an inter-tropical migrant, seen only between April and September but seems to have taken up residence in the last few years and had bred there in January 2001
www.kenyabirds.org.uk /woodland_kingfisher.htm   (140 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - Kingfisher, Birds, Animals, Collectables items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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 Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
is a fairly common kingfisher in the woodland habitats it prefers in southern Africa.
Its loud vocalization is one of the characteristic calls that may be heard regularly when one is nearby.
The Woodland Kingfisher in the two shots on the left was at Satara Camp, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, in January, 2006.
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 WOODLAND KINGFISHER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Crown hindneck and mantle paler blue than senegalensis a fl wedge behind the eye with a faint bluish wash on the breast.
This stamp shows a typical example of the sub-species but is incorrectly labeled as Halcyon Malimbicus (Blue Breasted Kingfisher
There are a number of stamps issued that have errors on them one common error is birds showing red feet.
www.kingfisher-stamps.org /Woodland%20Kingfisher.htm   (176 words)

  
 7th Definitive - R3 Woodland Kingfisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Woodland kingfisher (halcyon senegalensis) - This medium-sized kingfisher with its vivid blue and white plumage, occurs in Africa south of the Sahara.
In Southern Africa they are found from KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa's Northern Province to Zimbabwe and the northern parts of Namibia.
They prefer woodland, denser savanna and riverine forest.
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 ASPhoto - Photo of Woodland Kingfisher - Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis kingfisher bird avian animal wildlife ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
ASPhoto - Photo of Woodland Kingfisher - Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis kingfisher bird avian animal wildlife food Serengeti National Park Serengeti NP Serengeti Tanzania Africa African
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Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) with an insect in its mouth - Serengeti NP, Tanzania
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 Worldisround - FEB 2004 - Kruger National Park - SA - Photograph - Woodland Kingfisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Zoos & Wildlife Parks in South Africa picture - A splash of colour in the trees, the kingfishers always stand out clearly.
They are great to watch as they hover over water and dart down when fishing.
A splash of colour in the trees, the kingfishers always stand out clearly.
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 Woodland Kingfisher LE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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The call of the Woodland Kingfisher is a familiar sound in the African bush.
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 [SABN] Suburban Woodland Kingfisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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We live = about 500m from the Braamfonteinspruit in Riverclub, and have seen them = before in the parkland around the river, but this was a first!
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 Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Woodland Kingfisher
Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Kingfishers :: Woodland Kingfisher
Alternate common name(s): Angola Kingfisher, Blue-and-white Kingfisher, Red-and-fl-billed Kingfisher, Angolan Woodland Kingfisher
Please select "Mangoverde World Bird Guide" to view the entire bird site.
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