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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201857141
eBird checklist S65199705
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rating 5
5 ratings
Robert Humphries
5 Dec 2016
Limpopo, South Africa
Media notes
Female Giant Kingfisher perching on causeway edge watching for prey. The Giant K
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201585761
eBird checklist S64823141
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rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
22 Apr 2019
Banjul, Gambia
Media notes
A female on a wire, looking for prey in the creek below. Elevation: 2 m. Date ad
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201585751
eBird checklist S64823141
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rating 4
5 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
22 Apr 2019
Banjul, Gambia
Media notes
A female on a wire, looking around and preening the belly. Elevation: 2 m. Date
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML599012311
eBird checklist S145723028
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rating 5
3 ratings
GARY DOUGLAS
27 Jul 2023
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Behaviors
Carrying food
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201839571
eBird checklist S65138041
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rating 4
4 ratings
Greg Baker
7 Dec 2015
Banjul, Gambia
Media notes
An adult male on the left and a juvenile male on the right, with the juvenile tr
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Age and sex
Adult Male - 1; Juvenile Male - 1
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201944721
eBird checklist S65207270
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rating 3
7 ratings
Daniel Jimenez
1 Jan 2012
Western, Gambia
Media notes
perching female. Elevation: 15 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML413408091
eBird checklist S102042009
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rating 5
1 rating
GARY DOUGLAS
5 Feb 2022
Manicaland, Zimbabwe
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201941051
eBird checklist S65207107
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rating 3
7 ratings
Daniel Jimenez
24 Dec 2011
Western, Gambia
Media notes
one bird perching. Elevation: 10 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
Age and sex
Unknown age, Unknown sex - 1
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201841331
eBird checklist S65138898
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rating 3
4 ratings
Greg Baker
20 Oct 2005
Southern, Malawi
Media notes
A male perched on reed stems and viewed from a drifting boat. Elevation: 501 m.
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201689761
eBird checklist S65133069
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rating 3
4 ratings
Paul Clarke
7 Jan 2003
Western, Gambia
Media notes
A bird eating a large fish. Elevation: 15 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 2016.
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201228961
eBird checklist S65089102
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rating 3
4 ratings
Eric Francois Roualet
29 Jan 2016
Western, Gambia
Media notes
A front view of a female looking around. Elevation: 15 m. Date added to IBC: Jun
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201067181
eBird checklist S64991711
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rating 3
4 ratings
Doug and Denise Norris
17 Oct 2008
North-West, Botswana
Media notes
Female in branch above water taken from a small boat. Elevation: 965 m. Date add
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201061491
eBird checklist S64988283
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rating 3
4 ratings
Hupperetz Jean
30 Nov 2003
Coast, Kenya
Media notes
A female perched on a branch. Elevation: 713 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 2016
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Age and sex
Unknown age, Female - 1
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML200790501
eBird checklist S64966632
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rating 3
4 ratings
Ghislain Gosse
22 Oct 2009
Mpumalanga, South Africa
Media notes
Close up of a male on the bridge at Lower Sabie. Elevation: 178 m. Date added to
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML541123491
eBird checklist S126229434
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rating 4
1 rating
Paul Fenwick
15 Jan 2023
Tambacounda, Senegal
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Sounds
Non-vocal
Behaviors
Foraging or eating
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML277256151
eBird checklist S75814277
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rating 4
1 rating
GARY DOUGLAS
4 Nov 2020
Central, Zambia
Age and sex
Adult Female - 1
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML541117661
eBird checklist S126229434
Report
rating 3
1 rating
Paul Fenwick
15 Jan 2023
Tambacounda, Senegal
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Sounds
Non-vocal
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201142421
eBird checklist S65006315
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rating 3
5 ratings
Yoel jimenez
8 Jan 2005
Western, Gambia
Media notes
A bird perched on a branche. Elevation: 15 m. Date added to IBC: June 22, 2016.
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML201319531
eBird checklist S64819135
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rating 2
4 ratings
Josep del Hoyo
15 Jul 1998
Okavango, Namibia
Media notes
A female with food in the beak. Near Ndhovu Lodge. Elevation: 1009 m. Date added
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Behaviors
Carrying food
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML200967921
eBird checklist S64960836
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rating 2
4 ratings
Pieter de Groot Boersma
1 Nov 2008
Western, Gambia
Media notes
A female perched on a pole, which is part of an old bridge. This is the only one
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Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML435969
Report
rating 2
4 ratings
Gregory Griffith
30 Jun 1993
Rift Valley, Kenya
Media notes
ISCI:GG1_MDV010_052.
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML612612320
eBird checklist S156525240
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Hannah Buschert
17 Dec 2023
Western, Gambia
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
ML610030812
eBird checklist S151994550
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Yoav Perlman
12 Oct 2023
Coast, Kenya