Grey Headed Kingfisher

The adult grey headed kingfisher has a pale grey head, black mantle and back, bright blue rump, wings and tail, and chestnut underparts. The beak is long, red and sharp. This bird grows to an average length of 21 cm (8.3 in). The song is a succession of notes, ascending, descending and then ascending again, becoming increasingly strident. The warning call is a series of sharp notes, "tchk, tchk, tchk, tchk".

A Grey-Headed Kingfisher spotted in one of gardens along Lake Victoria shores in Musoma, Mara, Tanzani

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