- The
ringed kingfisher (
Megaceryle torquata) is a large, con****uous, and
noisy kingfisher bird
commonly found along the
lower Rio
Grande Valley in southeasternmost...
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Megaceryle is a
genus of very
large kingfishers. They have a wide
distribution in the Americas, Africa, and
Southeast Asia. The
genus was
erected by German...
- species: the
giant kingfisher (
Megaceryle maxima), the
ringed kingfisher (
Megaceryle torquata), and the
belted kingfisher (
Megaceryle alcyon) with
which it forms...
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relative is the
ringed kingfisher (M.
torquata), and
these two in all
probability originated from an
African Megaceryle which colonized the Americas. The...
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ancestor of the
ringed kingfisher and the
belted kingfisher in the
genus Megaceryle. The
subfamily Cerylinae contains nine
kingfisher species and is divided...
- (Northern
Mariana Islands) (ENM)
Ringed kingfisher,
Megaceryle torquata LC
Belted kingfisher,
Megaceryle alcyon LC
Amazon kingfisher,
Chloroceryle amazona...
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Science News. "Belted
Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon".
National Audubon Society. "Ringed
Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata".
Cornell University. "Hummingbird...
- tails. Five
species have been
recorded in Peru.
Ringed kingfisher,
Megaceryle torquata Amazon kingfisher,
Chloroceryle amazona American pygmy kingfisher...
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which prevents direct competition for food. The
ringed kingfisher,
Megaceryle torquata, a more
distant relative, also
occurs on the same rivers, but is...
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short legs, and
stubby tails.
Ringed kingfisher,
Megaceryle torquata (V)
Belted kingfisher,
Megaceryle alcyon Amazon kingfisher,
Chloroceryle amazona (V)...
