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Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Halcyon badia Verreaux, JP; Verreaux, JBÉ 1851

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Oscar Campbell 2023-08-20 Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Eastern Region, East Akim (Ghana) (340 m) call -

One of two birds, calling back after playback, high in canopy on major branch. Seen. Two cuts, taken several minutes apart of same birds.

843149
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Brendan Sloan 2022-12-05 Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Sierra Leone, Pujehun (Sierra Leone) (130 asl appr m) song - [sono] 878219
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Peter Boesman 2022-06-17 Budongo Eco lodge, Buruli (former division) (Uganda) song - [sono] 739699
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Joost van Bruggen 2023-02-06 Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary, Sierra Leone, Pujehun (Sierra Leone) (130 m) song - [sono] 785730
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Peter Boesman 2022-03-11 Atewa Range, Sagyimase, East Akim (Ghana) song - [sono] 719172
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-02-20 , Western (Uganda)   -   631054826
macaulaylibrary.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia badia Mike Nelson 02-03-10 Kakum Nationalpark, Central (Ghana) (100 m) Song (A) - Two birds, one singing close and seen well, responding to a distant bird from the Canopy Walkway. 45574
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Joost van Bruggen 2023-02-03 Gola Rainforest NP, Sierra Leone, Kenema (Sierra Leone) (280 m) song - [sono] 785916
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Alain Verneau 2023-01-10 Ankwadum, Abuakwa South, Eastern Region, East Akim (Ghana) (420 m) song - [sono] 792639
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-06-20 Budongo Conservation Field Station, Bujenje (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song - [also] [sono] 1009149
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-06-21 Budongo Conservation Field Station, Bujenje (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song - [also] [sono] 1009155
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Joost van Bruggen 2023-02-04 Gola Rainforest NP, Sierra Leone, Kenema (Sierra Leone) (280 m) song - [sono] 780639
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia BurBenj 2022-07-13 Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Lékoko (Gabon) (650 m)   - [sono] 1120090
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Martin St-Michel 2015-03-13 Budongo Forest, Masindi (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song -

Singing from an exposed perch at mid-level. Habitat: secondary evergreen forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

291652
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-06-20 Budongo Conservation Field Station, Bujenje (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song - [also] [sono] 1009152
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-06-20 Budongo Conservation Field Station, Bujenje (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song - [sono] 1009150
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Alain Verneau 2023-01-10 Ankwadum, Abuakwa South, Eastern Region, East Akim (Ghana) (420 m) song - [sono] 792637
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Andres Angulo Rubiano 2019-03-04 Mbam et Djerem National Park, WCS research station for Chimpanzee studies, main camp, Centre (Cameroon) (750 m) adult, male, song -

Heard on forest interior from canopy very active in the morning.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

530231
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-02-20 , Western (Uganda)   -   631054827
macaulaylibrary.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-02-20 Royal Mile, Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Bujenje (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song - [sono] 975087
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia BurBenj 2022-06-09 Bekomi, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooué, Lékoko (Gabon) (650 m)   - [sono] 1120030
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Barry Edmonston 2018-05-08 Eastern Region, Eastern (Ghana) (420 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

422284
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Jonathan Onongo 2025-02-20 Royal Mile, Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Bujenje (former division) (Uganda) (1100 m) song - [sono] 975090
xeno-canto.org
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher - Halcyon badia Patrik Åberg 2017-11-05 Kakum NP (Abrufo Forest), Central (Ghana) (170 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

401358
xeno-canto.org
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