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429. Giant Kingfisher
(Giant kingfisher ) (Megaceryle maxima)
Common breeding resident in all regions.
Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula
Malolotja Information:
Uncommon localised resident, recorded from the Malolotja and Nkomati Rivers.
Vleis, dams and rivers
Mixed woodlands, thicket and thornveld
Nkomati River
Malolotja information from the Bird Checklist for Malolotja (printed in the late 1980's, sponsored by the Natural History Society of Eswatini), supplemented with information from Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 1985.
Checklist, comments and distribution information from the Eswatini Bird Atlas by Vincent Parker, digital data provided by the Avian Demography Unit, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town (http://www.aviandemographyunit.org). SiSwati names from SNTC and Big Game Parks.
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