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Ringed kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata
River kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

♀ with grey breast.
Ringed kingfisheron RikenMon's Nature.Guide

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Large kingfisher, with blue-grey back and head with a white collar. The ♀ has a blue grey breast and red-brown belly with a white stripe as separation. The ♂ has a red-brown belly.

Mostly sitting on a branch on the lookout for prey in the water. Habitat is a forest with water.

⇔ l. 40-41 cm

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0 LookAlikes (LA):

Ringed kingfisher

Amerikaanse reuzenijsvogel

Rotbrustfischer

Martin-pêcheur à ventre roux

Martin pescatore neotropicale

Martín gigante neotropical

Martim-pescador-grande

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