Grey-headed Kingfisher
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Kingfishers

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

LCLeast Concern
Family
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Order
Coraciiformes

Overview

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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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.