Summary ²

The Shining Blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

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1. (c) Tom Tarrant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/aviceda/390018832/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcedo_quadribrachys

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