Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala (Müller, PLS, 1776)

21 cmLength42 gWeight

The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae.

Most records: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Grey-headed Kingfisher has been recorded at 422 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 37 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Tarangire NPTanzania636 records
Amboseli NPKenya619 records
Samburu NRKenya592 records

More places

Lake Manyara NPTanzania525 records
Murchison Falls NP – North sideUganda394 records
Lake Nakuru NPKenya382 records
Buffalo Springs NRKenya344 records
Nairobi NPKenya331 records
Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Murchison FallsUganda255 records
Mole NP – Mole Hotel & waterholeGhana254 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Kenya Uganda Tanzania Ghana Ethiopia Senegal Cape Verde Gambia

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae. It is found across large parts of Africa and southern Arabia, from Mauritania through Senegal and the Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and south all the way through to South Africa. It is also found in islands off the African coast such as the Cape Verde islands and Zanzibar.

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