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) Andrea Pellegrino, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/80072926@N00/3921400246
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaceryle_maxima

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