Ann & Steve Toon / Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Zimanga Private Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, May

Neil Aldridge / Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) perched on a dead branch, Limpopo River, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Brown hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) Kruger NP, South Africa, July

Richard Du Toit / Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) on ground, Kruger National Park, Limpopo Province, South Africa, October.

Michael Durham / Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) juvenile orphans, Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Martin Willis / Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) perched on Candelabra Tree (Euphorbia candelabrum), Uganda

Oriol Alamany / Male Brownhooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Kruger National Park, Transvaal, South Africa, September.

Christophe Courteau / Brown hooded / Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) perched, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Tony Heald / Brown hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) Kruger NP, S Africa

Tony Heald / Brown hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) Kruger NP, South Africa

Hermann Brehm / Brown hooded kingfisher {Halcyon albiventris} Botswana

Michael Durham / Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) juvenile orphans, Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Ann & Steve Toon / Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) perched in tree, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Guy Edwardes / Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) perched on branch. Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Guy Edwardes / Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris) perched on branch. Chobe River, Chobe National Park, Botswana.