First documented record of the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758), in mainland Ecuador

By

Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-12-7

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

12

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

2011--4

Subjects

Alcedinidae , boreal migrant , Coraciiformes , Machalilla National Park , Manabí , new record , Vagrant

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/12.6.2011

 

Abstract

I present the first documented record of the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon, in mainland Ecuador. A young male M. alcyon was observed and photographed in the surroundings of Puerto López, province of Manabí, Ecuador in September 2005. A very rare boreal vagrant in mainland Ecuador, M. alcyon was previously known from a single sighting in December 1992 and was a hypothetical species pending corroborating evidence, which is now provided.