Chocolate-Backed kingfisher
(Halcyon badia)
Photo by Martin Benadie
http://www.wilderness-collection.com/
Where can I find
Chocolate-Backed kingfishers in Uganda?
Uganda is the east end of their distribution habitat.
They can be found in the canopy of Budongo Forest Reserve.
It might be appear if you imitate their calls.
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The Bird for today is Chocolate-Backed kingfisher,
This
is spectacular forest Kingfisher with a dark chocolate head, back and white
below and a blue panel in the wing, in the tail and a red bill.
They
prefer spending their time in the canopy of trees.
It
is a common rainforest species that connote be confused with any other
Kingfisher in Africa.
It
breeds in termite mounds or in the nests of arboreal ants.
As
forest cover reduce, it is believed that they are reducing in numbers
Although
it is a kingfisher, CBK does not feed on fish.
They
are found in Budongo forest.
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