Birds of Brazil

○   ←   CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)   →
Genus: Megaceryle (1 species, 4 worldwide)


Ringed Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata torquata) Male
San Jeronimo, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Ringed Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata torquata) Female
Necocli, Antioquia, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Largest American kingfisher.
Wings open.

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Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba