From the Cape Verde Islands to Mauritania,
               Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia
               and southern Arabia and south to So. Africa.
          
         
            
               Halcyon leucocephala
            
               (L 8")
          
         
         
            
               The rose petal floats on water. The
               kingfisher flashes above the pond.
               Life and beauty swirl in the midst of
               death.          (Robert Jordan)
          
         
         
            
               © Andrew
               Spencer
            
               Macaulay
               Library
          
         
            
               Halcyon in Greek is a
               mythical bird, associated
               with the kingfisher;
               leucocephala in Greek
               means white-headed.