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ML641121828

Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris

Report

Contributor

Hugh Micklesfield Media from this contributor

Date

31 Aug 2025 eBird checklist S270602924

Location

Kloofendal Municipal Nature Reserve
Gauteng, South Africa
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: -26.131347, 27.8807778
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - 1
Behaviors
Courtship, display, or copulation
Sounds
Dawn song
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

Vocal @ dawn, perched on overhead power lines.

Additional species

  • Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
  • Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans
  • Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
  • Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer

Technical information

Recorder
Mobile Samsung galaxy A31 recorder
Microphone
Accessories
Original file size
135.42 KB

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