| Belted
Kingfisher |
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Ceryle Alcyon |
Alternate name |
| Megaceryle alcyon |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Cerylidae
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Family |
| 30.5 - 33cm |
Length |
| Tropical mangrove,
lakes, rivers, streams, bogs, marshes, swamps, fens, peatlands, up to 2,500 m, in:- Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbuda, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Clipperton Atoll, Colombia, Cosos Island Costa
Rica, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Isla Margarita, Islas Revillagigedo, Leeward Islands, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Navassa, Netherlands Antilles,
Providencia, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, Saint-Martin, Saint Pierre and
Miquelon, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, San
Andrés Island, Sint-Eustatius,
Turks and Caicos
Islands, Windward
Islands |
Habitat Range |
| 5 - 8 glossy white eggs nests in
burrow near its fishing territory. |
Clutch |
| Fish, crabs, molluscs, insects,
amphibians, reptiles, small birds, small mammals, occasionally berries. |
Food Diet |
| Fishes from perch. |
Habits |
| 1150 |
World Number |
| Least Concern |
Status |
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