Giant Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Mkomazi National Park
2 Verified records at Mkomazi National Park
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert, other than the arid southwest. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Giant Kingfisher at Mkomazi National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Niokolo-Koba National Park 🇸🇳 Senegal
50–60%
2 Kafue National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
30–40%
3 Gonarezhou National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
30–40%
4 Lower Zambezi National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
30–40%
5 Murchison Falls National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
20–30%
6 Mana Pools National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
20–30%
7 South Luangwa National Park 🇿🇲 Zambia
10–20%
8 Meru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
10–20%
9 Selous Game Reserve 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
10 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
11 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
12 Ruaha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
10–20%
13 Pilanesberg National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
10–20%
14 Chobe National Park 🇧🇼 Botswana
10–20%
15 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
10–20%
16 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
10–20%
17 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
5–10%
18 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
5–10%
19 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
20 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
21 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
22 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
23 Nairobi National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
24 Hwange National Park 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
<5%
25 Arusha National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
26 Lake Nakuru National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
27 Gorongosa National Park 🇲🇿 Mozambique
<5%
28 Akagera National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
29 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
30 Masai Mara National Reserve 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
31 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
32 Moremi Game Reserve 🇧🇼 Botswana
<5%
33 Lake Mburo National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
34 Tsavo East National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
<5%
35 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
36 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
37 Volcanoes National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
38 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
<5%
39 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
40 Awash National Park 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
Insufficient data
41 Mikumi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
42 Mkomazi National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
43 Aberdare National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
44 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
45 Amboseli National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
46 Tarangire National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
47 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
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