Back Reusevisvanger Afrikaans الرفراف العملاق ARZ Megaceryle maxima AST Megaceryle maxima Azerbaijani Голямо черногърбо рибарче Bulgarian Alció gegant africà Catalan Megaceryle maxima CEB Rybařík velký Czech Pysgotwr mawr Welsh Riesenfischer German
| Giant kingfisher | |
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| Male, Lake Naivasha, Kenya | |
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| Female near Triangle, Zimbabwe | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
| Genus: | Megaceryle |
| Species: | M. maxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769)
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| distribution | |
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.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Megaceryle maxima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683616A92991520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683616A92991520.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.