Ringed Kingfisher
29 December 2011 22:12 Filed in: Alcedinidae Cerylidae Kingfishers Water Kingfishers Brazil Mato Grosso Pantanal Curicaca Lodge Rio Clarinho Lodge Rio Grande do Sul Lagoa do Peixe Mostardas Ecuador Napo
Copyright: monacoeye • Pantanal, Brazil, August 2011 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Ringed Kingfisher
Latin: Megaceryle torquata
Other: Martim-pescador-grande (Br) • Martín pescador grande, Martín pescador de collar (Es)
Family: Alcedinidae • Kingfishers
Range: Texas to Tierra del Fuego, including all of Brazil
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The Ringed Kingfisher is a large kingfisher, which seemed abundant on the banks of the Rio Claro, in the Pantanal, in August; one was perched every few hundred metres in some places. A large, dominant and vocal bird. Also seen beside roads near drying pools, and in by the river in Napo, Ecuador.
The female Ringed Kingfisher (directly below) has a grey chest, while the male (above) is rufous right up to the white neck line. Bill has a light yellow patch on lower base. Rufous belly, grey wings, white collar, large white patch in front of eye; grey plumage is diagnostic.
Below: female Ringed Kingfisher in the Pantanal, Brazil, 2011.
Below: a male Ringed Kingfisher in the Pantanal, Brazil, 2011.
Below: a vociferous male Ringed Kingfisher in the Pantanal.
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