Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Halcyon

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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Halcyon albiventris albiventris

southern South Africa; some wintering north to southeastern Zimbabwe; intergrades with vociferans in KwaZulu-Natal
Halcyon albiventris orientalis

coastal Somalia to northern Botswana and Mozambique
Halcyon albiventris prentissgrayi

Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo to southeastern Kenya, Angola, and Zambia
Halcyon albiventris vociferans

eastern Botswana to southern Mozambique, southward to central and eastern South Africa

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.