Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in the northern United States and Canada. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests that this should be divided into three subfamilies.
- Family
- Kingfishers
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Weight
- 148 g
- Habitat
- Riverine
- Diet
- Vertebrates, fish and carrion
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 42
Recorded in United States, Canada, Mexico, Belize, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, BM, Bahamas, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, KY, Dominican Rep., Panama, GP, VI, Nicaragua, Colombia, El Salvador, Curaçao, BQ, Trinidad and Tobago, AW, Barbados, TC, Haiti, MF, Antigua and Barb., MS, Portugal, United Kingdom, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Lucia, Venezuela, VG, AI, SX, Dominica, Grenada, Spain, KN.
Where to see it: Ferry Point Park (Bermuda); St. Barths (Saint Barthélemy); Meagre Bay Pond IBA · Pad (Cayman Islands); Etang Laborde (Haiti); PN Cienaga de Zapata · Las Salinas (Cuba).
