Belted Kingfisher

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Megaceryle alcyon


Status

Common migrant and breeder

Habitat

Rivers, large streams, lakes, and beaver ponds

Size

11 to 13¾

 

 


Identification

 

 
Voice

 

 
Similar
Species

 


Food

 

 
Nesting

 


Sightings

Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge

Cannon River Turtle Preserve SNA

Carley State Park

Chamberlain Woods SNA

Des Moines River Prairie SNA

Flandrau State Park

Fort Ridgely State Park

Hastings SNA

Lake Rebecca Park Reserve

Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area
Lawrence Unit

Pin Oak Prairie SNA

Plover Prairie
East Unit

Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Vermillion Highlands

Whitewater State Park


Comments

Formerly known as Ceryle alcyon.


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Taxonomy

Order:

Coraciiformes (kingfishers and relatives)

 

Family:

Cerylidae (cerylid kingfishers)

 
Synonyms

 


 

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