Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
About the Grey-headed Kingfisher
The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae. It is found across large parts of Africa and southern Arabia, from Mauritania through Senegal and the Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and south all the way through to South Africa. It is also found in islands off the African coast such as the Cape Verde islands and Zanzibar.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 60 recordings for this species: 2 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Saudi Arabia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloidesrecording
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicutirecording
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisrecording
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.