Pied Kingfisher hovers over the Chobe River.

The Skimmers, Rynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. The family comprises three species found in South Asia, Africa, and the Americas

African Skimmer The Skimmers, Rhynchopidae, are a small family of tern-like birds in the order Charadriiformes, which also includes the waders, gulls and auks. This species is the only bird with distinctive uneven bills with the lower mandible longer than the upper. This remarkable adapation allows them to fish in a unique way, flying low and fast over streams. Their lower mandiable skims or slices over the water's surface ready to snap shut any small fish unable to dart clear. They are the only birds known to have slit-shaped pupils. They are one of the most agile birds in air that gather in large flocks, loafing on river and coastal sand banks