Half-collared kingfisher
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half-collared-kingfisher-250-8933292
title:
Half-collared kingfisher
text:
The half-collared kingfisher is a kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that is found in southern and eastern Africa. It feeds almost exclusively on fish and frequents streams, rivers and larger bodies of water with dense shoreline vegetation. The half-collared kingfisher was described by the English ornithologist William John Swainson in 1823 and given its current binomial name Alcedo semitorquata. The word Alcedo is the Latin for a "kingfisher". The specific epithet semitorquata is from the
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Species of bird
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-collared_kingfisher
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date modified:
2023-10-25T19:43:53Z
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