Ringed Kingfisher

Also known as Megaceryle torquata

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

~8 min read

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.