Half-collared Kingfisher

Half-collared Kingfisher

Taxobox
name = Half-collared Kingfisher
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Coraciiformes
familia = Alcedinidae
genus = "Alcedo"
species = "A. semitorquata"
binomial = "Alcedo semitorquata"
binomial_authority = Swainson, 1823
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision =
* "A. semitorquata semitorquata"
* "A. semitorquata heuglini"
* "A. semitorquata tephria"

The Half-collared Kingfisher "Alcedo semitorquata" is a species of kingfisher that feeds almost exclusively on fish and can be found near water at all times. It can be found on shores and around larger bodies of water in Southern and Eastern Africa.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

External links

* [http://www.sunbirdtours.co.uk/brochure_2003/africa/ethiopia/Half-collaredKingfisher_000.htm a photo]
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/path/Alcedo_semitorquata.html#Alcedo%20semitorquata Animal Diversity Web's Taxon Tree]


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