One of the birds I missed last time I was in Gambia was this shy, Blue-breasted kingfisher. Now it was on my "wanted list" and on the first day Ousman took me on a walk where I was able to photograph two individuals - this one, an adult, and later a juvenile. The species is similar to the Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) - both are grey, blue and with a bright red upperside of the bill, but the Blue-breasted kingfisher is larger, and differs in its plumage by a black spot on its back and a black line that seems to run from the lower bill across the eye, as well as the blue on the breast that gave it its name.