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Alcedo semitorquata tephria |
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Alcedo semitorquata |
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Martin-pêcheur à demi collier |
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Half-collared Kingfisher |
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| Katantalualuba (Kiluba-PNU) ; kasabula nkala wa pa mukuna (Tshiluba) ; kyelekyele (Kibemba) | |
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This small kingfisher with blue upperparts and orange underparst has a completely black bill. |
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Wooded streams and rivers. |
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Mainly fish, sometimes crabs. |
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Nests in a gallery dug in the riverbank of the river it frequents. Eggs are laid during the dry season when water level is low enough to uncover the vertical walls of the banks. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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