| Shining
Blue Kingfisher |
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Bird Orders |
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Alternate name |
| Alcedo quadribrachys |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Alcedinidae |
Family |
| 17cm |
Length |
| Moist forest,
mangrove, savanna, near water, streams, pools, lakes, brackish and fresh water, below
1,800 m in: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 4-6 White eggs laid in
a nest in a tunnel. |
Clutch |
| Fish & crabs. |
Food Diet |
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Habits |
| 1065 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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