ABOUT THIS SPECIES
RINGED KINGFISHER – (Species Account Weblog #107)
TAXONOMIC TREE:
- ORDER: Coraciiformes – kingfishers, todies, motmots, bee-eaters, rollers, hoopoes, and hornbills,
- FAMILY: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers,
- BINOMIAL NAME: Megaceryle torquata
Largest kingfisher in Americas with exceptionally monumental invoice and raucous calls. Blue-gray with shaggy crest, white collar, and rufous stomach. Female and male related, however be aware completely different breast sample: fully rufous on male, whereas feminine has blue-gray band bordered by white. Typically conspicuous, looking shallow water for fish from a distinguished perch and chattering noisily when disturbed. (from Birds of the World)
GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION
PERSONAL OBSERVATION ANECDOTES
In Costa Rica we noticed Ringed Kingfishers at low to mid-elevations on the Tárcoles River, close to Sarapiquí and Arenal Volcano NP.
PHOTO GALLERY
**A few of these Photograph Gallery photos (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by international locations.
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