Ann & Steve Toon / Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) perched on rush, Intaka Island, Cape Town, South Africa, February

Tim Fitzharris / Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) perching on reeds, Kenya

Eric Baccega / Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) defecating on stone. Baringo lake, Kenya, February.

Eric Baccega / Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) perched on reed. Mabamba swamp. Victoria Lake. Uganda, February.

Pedro Narra / Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) Bijagos Archipelago. Guineau Bissau.

Pedro Narra / Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) Bijagos Archipelago, Guinea Bissau.

Charlie Summers / Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata), with insect, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristata) perched on twig and with crest raised, Oman, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristata) perched on tree stub, Oman, November

Oliver Geiseler/ BIA / Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata), leucistic individual, Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda

Walter Soestbergen/ BIA / Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Wim van den Heever / Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) landing on a perch, Marievale Bird Sanctuar,y South Africa