Where does the Gray-headed Kingfisher live?

Halcyon leucocephala has 54,499 records in 50 countries and territories, from 1866 to 2026. Most records come from Kenya.

54,499 records
50 places
122 years recorded
Aves class

AnimaliaChordataAvesCoraciiformesAlcedinidaeHalcyon

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
Kenya	18,609
Tanzania	7,270
Uganda	7,239
South Africa	2,641
Cabo Verde	2,126
Nigeria	2,080
Ghana	1,586
Ethiopia	1,230
Gambia	1,223
Oman	1,175
Zambia	1,159
Botswana	1,080
Namibia	996
Senegal	958
Zimbabwe	864
Malawi	518
DR Congo	485
Mozambique	447
Saudi Arabia	377
Benin	332
Cameroon	304
Rwanda	192
Chad	163
Liberia	162
Guinea	151
Congo	143
Angola	141
Sierra Leone	130
Côte d'Ivoire	127
Central African Republic	72
Guinea-Bissau	66
Burkina Faso	65
South Sudan	65
Togo	55
Gabon	37
Djibouti	35
Eswatini	33
Somalia	32
Yemen	29
Niger	28

Showing the top 40 of 50 places.

Related animals

Others in the family Alcedinidae.

White-throated Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

223,484 records

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.