Ringed kingfisher Ceryle torquata
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Length: 15.5 inches
Long, stout bill
Blue-gray, ragged crest
White throat and collar
Blue-gray upperparts ...
Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata)
Brazil
All of these photos are of males. I wondered if this was because the females were incubating at this time but, according to Sick, the male and female share this task changing over every 24 hours.
Ringed Kingfisher
Ceryle torquata
The Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) is a widespread kingfisher of the Americas, occurring from southern Texas all the way to the southern tip of South America.
Ringed Kingfisher - Ceryle torquata. Fishing along the creek.
Green and Rufous Kingfisher - Chlorocryle aenea. One spotted very quickly crossing the creek.
Rufous Motmot - Baryphthengus martii. Heard a few meters from the road.
Ringed Kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata
Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana
[edit] Woodpeckers, sapsuckers, and flickers ...
The most similar species is the Ringed Kingfisher, which within in the United States occurs only in the southern tip of Texas. The Ringed Kingfisher is larger than the Belted Kingfisher, and can be differentiated by color differences.
Blue Jay is slimmer, has a more pointed crest, and a thin dark necklace instead of a broad chest band.
Ringed Kingfisher is similar, but is larger and has extensive rufous belly.
The length of the belted kingfisher is 13 inches. A similar but larger
species, the ringed kingfisher, is 16 inches. It is tropical,
occurring as far north as south Texas.
Europe and North America north of Mexico are very poorly represented with only one common kingfisher (Common Kingfisher and Belted Kingfisher respectively), and a couple of uncommon or very local species each: (Ringed Kingfisher and Green Kingfisher ...
Kingfishers from the north live in the southern US, Mexico, and Central America , on larger islands of the West Indies and along the Caribbean coast of South America, where they can meet their closest New World relatives, the Ringed Kingfishers.
 See also: Kingfish, Kingfisher, Belted Kingfisher, Green Kingfisher, Perch
  
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