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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Megaceryle
- Image
- Ringed kingfisher hornopiren chile feb 2010 2.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Megaceryle torquata
- Commons category
- Megaceryle torquata
- Commons gallery
- Megaceryle torquata
- litter size
- 4
- taxon common name
- guarda-rios-de-barriga-ruiva
- taxon range
- Belém
- short name
- M. torquata
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ringed Kingfisher” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.