Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)

Query: water birds

Result: 1066^th of 1113

Subject:	Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)

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Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)

Captured from a WONDERFUL MULTIMEDIA CD-ROM title,
"Eyewitness Encyclopedia of Nature",
Dorling Kindersley Multimedia, 1995

Dorling Kindersly Multimedia
(reviewed by Univ. of Texsas Library)
http://volvo.gslis.utexas.edu/~reviews/dkmm.html

For more images captured from the CD-ROM title,
http://bioinfo.kordic.re.kr/animal/APAsrch2.cgi?qt=DKMMNature-

Comments
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The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America. The belted kingfisher is a stocky, medium-sized bird that has a large head with a shaggy crest. Its long, heavy bill is black with a grey base. It has a large blue band on the breast. The female features a rufous band across the upper belly that extends down the flanks. The only kingfisher in the majority of its range, the belted kingfisher's breeding habitat is near inland bodies of waters or coasts across most of North America, within Canada, Alaska and the United States. They migrate from the northern parts of its range to the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies in winter. It is a rare visitor to the northern areas of Colombia, Venezuela, and the Guianas.
Order: Coraciiformes > Family: Alcedinidae > Subfamily: Cerylinae > Genus: Megaceryle > Species: Megaceryle alcyon

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