Species Information

                                                   

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431.  Malachite Kingfisher
(Malachite kingfisher )   (Alcedo cristata)
Siswati: sipholoti  
Common breeding resident in all regions.

Malolotja Mantenga Mlawula

Malolotja Information:
Uncommon resident, recorded from the Mahulungwane Falls.
Forested gorges

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.