Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Belted Kingfisher
The Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: breeds southern Alaska eastward across central and eastern Canada, southward through south-central USA; winters to northern South America including Trinidad and Tobago and West IndiesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megaceryle alcyon
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Belted Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo Alcyon
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- South Carolina.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.115
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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