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    (c) Ian White, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)

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    (c) Steve Garvie, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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    (c) bwana4711, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) Martha de Jong-Lantink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    (c) petermcintyre, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Peter Vos, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Worldwide
3,437 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest.

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