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Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
| Scientific Classification | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Cerylidae |
| Species: | Megaceryle alcyon |
| Common: | Belted kingfisher |
The belted kingfisher is a large water kingfisher and the only member of that family found in the Northern United States and Canada.
Identification
Belted kingfishers are a medium-sized bird with large head and shaggy crest, large thick bill. They have bluish head and back, white throat and collar, white underneath with blue breast band.
Adult Males
Adult male belted kingfishers have a white belly, without the rufous band of the females. May have rufous flanks and some reddish in blue chest band.
Adult Females
Adult female belted kingfishers have rufous flanks and band across the chest below the blue band. Also rufous tips to feathers in blue chest band.
Immature
Immature birds are similar in appearance to the adults, but males have incomplete rufous chest bands.
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Related Page Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia (animals)Class: Aves (birds)Family: Cerylidae (water kingfisher)Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)