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title: "Woodland Kingfisher"
description: "Halcyon senegalensis — Birds. The woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/woodland-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Woodland Kingfisher

> Halcyon senegalensis — Birds. The woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara.

- Scientific name: *Halcyon senegalensis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 3705
- Wikidata: [Q838793](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838793)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2337](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2337)

## Names

- en: Woodland Kingfisher
- de: Senegalliest
- es: Alción senegalés
- fr: Martin-chasseur du Sénégal
- nl: Senegal-ijsvogel
- pt: Pica-peixe-dos-bosques
- pl: Łowiec jasny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1334), UG (399), BW (155), TZ (141), GH (132), KE (130), GA (124), BJ (120), ET (105), NG (94), CM (63), CI (61)

## Summary

The woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland_kingfisher

## Photo

![Woodland Kingfisher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/woodland-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: calebcam · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8211999

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/woodland-kingfisher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).