BELTED KINGFISHER 



2. Megaceryle alcyon alcyon (Linnaeus) 

 Belted Kingfisher 



Streptoceryle alcyon alcyon RIDGWAY, Birds of N. and 

 M. Amer., VI, p. 415, 1914; STONE, Proc. Phila. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci., 1918, p. 252. 



Length 303 mm. (11.90 in.); tail 88 mm. 

 (3.50 in.). 



Male. Head crested. Above bluish gray 

 with a white collar ; wings spotted and with con- 

 cealed bars of white ; a white spot before the eye ; 

 under parts mostly white with a broad band of 

 bluish gray crossing chest. 



Female. Similar to male but sides, flanks and 

 a band (sometimes incomplete) crossing chest, 

 chestnut. 



Young. Similar to adult female. 



A winter visitant from North America. It has 



a loud, rattling call. 



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3. Chloroceryle amazona (Latham) 

 Amazon Kingfisher 



Length 276 mm. (10.90 in.); tail 79 mm. (3.10 

 in.). 



Male. Above dark metallic green with a 

 broad white collar across hindneck; tail with a 

 few broken bars of white; a crescent of white 

 below the eye; under parts white, the last crossed 

 by a broad band of reddish chestnut covering 

 chest and upper breast ; a broken streak of bronze 

 green below cheeks extending along sides of neck ; 

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