Summary ²

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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1. (c) Ian White, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/ian_white/5395621691/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaceryle_maxima

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