Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
In the belted kingfisher the female is more colourful than the male: besides the blue-grey breast band she has a rufous band across the upper belly. Like the common kingfisher it hunts by plunge-diving, usually dropping headfirst onto its prey from a prominent perch near the water.
- Group
- Waders & Waterbirds
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2024
Profile: Belted Kingfisher
- Family
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Size
- 28–35 cm
- Wingspan
- approx. 48–58 cm
- Weight
- approx. 110–180 g
- Habitat
- Rivers, lakes and coastal waters of North America with steep banks in which it digs its nesting burrow.
- Diet
- Mainly fish, plus amphibians, molluscs, small crustaceans and insects, among other prey.
- When to see
- In North America partly migratory, partly resident; in Europe only a very rare vagrant.
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