Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
Le Martin-pêcheur géant (Megaceryle maxima) est une espèce d'oiseaux de la famille des Alcedinidae, native d'Afrique subsaharienne. Description Cet oiseau mesure jusqu'à 46 cm. Il présente un dimorphisme sexuel.
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert, other than the arid southwest. Taxonomy The first formal description of the giant kingfisher was by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1769 under the binomial name Alcedo maxima. The current genus Megaceryle was erected by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848.
El martín gigante africano (Megaceryle maxima) es una especie de ave coraciiforme de la familia Cerylidae propia del continente africano. Subespecies Se conocen dos subespecies de Megaceryle maxima: Megaceryle maxima maxima - de Senegambia a Etiopía y Sudáfrica. Megaceryle maximus giganteus - pluviselva desde Liberia hasta es oeste de Tanzania y norte de Angola.
Distribution
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