Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,393
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Giant kingfisher”.