Ringed kingfisher

Ringed kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Genus: Megaceryle
Species:
M. torquata
Binomial name
Megaceryle torquata
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Subspecies[2]
  • M. t. stictipennis - (Lawrence, 1885)
  • M. t. torquata - (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • M. t. stellata - (Meyen, 1834)
     distribution
Synonyms[3]
  • Alcedo torquata Linnaeus, 1766
  • Ceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)

The ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is a large, conspicuous, and noisy kingfisher bird commonly found along the lower Rio Grande Valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America.[4]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Megaceryle torquata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22683634A168873464. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22683634A168873464.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.
  3. ^ "Megaceryle torquata". Avibase.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).