Halcyon leucocephala - Despite the name, the grey-headed king fisher does not feed on fish; its primary diet consists of insects. It will perch on a branch until spotting a potential meal and then proceed into a dive to catch the insect. The king fisher averages 20 centimeters in length and has a distinctive coloration; wing primaries are black, secondaries and tail feathers are a light cobalt blue, and the sharp beak is a bright orange-red. It is a common bird found throughout central Africa.
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Excluding the polar regions, the Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the world. It stretches from the western edge of Africa to the Red Sea and from the Mediterranean coast to the savannahs of the Sahel, a semi-desert region of Northern Africa. The Sahara contains 9,400,000 square kilometers and has spread into 10 countries and one disputed territory: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. It covers one fourth of the African continent.
