Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

(Pallas, PS, 1769)
Martín Gigante Africano

Family: Alcedinidae
Order: Coraciiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Synonyms: Alcedo maxima.

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Number of Photography: 8

Photography ID: 630958
Murchison Falls Np--boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls
Northern Region
Uganda
01/26/2025
Julian Uriel Collado

Photography ID: 622302
♂ Adult
Parque Nacional Kruger
Mpumalanga
South Africa
10/18/2023
Luis Cesar Tejo

Photography ID: 547199
Adult
Parque Nacional Lago Naivasha
Valle del Rift
Kenya
08/07/2023
Patricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias

Photography ID: 366959
Lake Mburo National Park
Western Region
Uganda
07/23/2019
Victor Hugo Michelini

Photography ID: 353341
Lake Mburo National Park
Western Region
Uganda
07/23/2019
Diego Oscar

Photography ID: 226492
♂ Adult
Pretoria
Gauteng
South Africa
10/31/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo

Photography ID: 218089
Maun
Central
Botswana
08/27/2017
Hugo Caverzasi

Photography ID: 101740
♂ Adult
Arusha National Park
Arusha
Tanzania
02/03/2015
Susana Gomez

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Number of Records: 13

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2259992

26/01/2025

Uganda

Northern Region

Murchison Falls Np--boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls

Silvina Collado

2258945

26/01/2025

Uganda

Northern Region

Murchison Falls Np--boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls

Julian Uriel Collado

1945804

18/10/2023

South Africa

Mpumalanga

Parque Nacional Kruger

Luis Cesar Tejo

1945620

18/10/2023

South Africa

Mpumalanga

Parque Nacional Kruger

Daniela Espinosa

1822197

07/08/2023

Kenya

Valle del Rift

Parque Nacional Lago Naivasha

Patricia Gabriela Mancilla Iglesias

1144276

23/07/2019

Uganda

Western Region

Lake Mburo National Park

Victor Hugo Michelini

959598

23/07/2019

Uganda

Western Region

Lake Mburo National Park

Diego Oscar

751100

07/04/2018

Kenya

Valle del Rift

Lake Baringo

Ulises Balza

612202

27/08/2017

Botswana

Central

Thamalakane River, Maun

Hugo Caverzasi

637589

31/10/2015

South Africa

Gauteng

Rietvlei Nature Reserve, Pretoria

Luis Cesar Tejo

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