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Ringed Kingfisher

Ceryle torquatusOrder: CORACIIFORMESFamily: Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Ringed Kingfisher Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye Color: No data.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Crested or plumed, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Blue-gray
  • Forehead Color: Blue-gray
  • Nape Color: White
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Ringed Kingfisher Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 39-42 cm (15.5-16.5 in)
  • Weight: 315 g (11.1 oz)
  • Size: Size 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
  • Color: Blue, White, Gray, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: Red-brown and white.
  • Upperparts: Blue-gray
  • Back Pattern: No Data
  • Belly Pattern: No Data
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Ringed Kingfisher Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: High direct flight with floppy wing beats.
  • Wingspan Range: 61-74 cm (24-29 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Forked Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Blue-gray
  • Under Tail: White
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family
Species Ceryle torquatus
Length15.5 - 16.5 Inches
Wingspan26.5 Inches

Ringed Kingfisher

Ringed Kingfisher: Largest kingfisher in the Western Hemisphere. Blue-gray upperparts, rufous underparts, white underwing and undertail coverts, blue-gray head with ragged crest, long heavy black bill, white chin extends into a white collar. Gray legs, feet. High direct flight on choppy wing beats.

● Song: "cla-ak"

● Foraging & Feeding: Ringed Kingfisher: Eats mostly fish, but also takes amphibians, reptiles, and insects; hunts from a perch or hovers over water, plunge diving to capture prey.

● Breeding & nesting: Ringed Kingfisher: Three to six white eggs are laid in a nest made of twigs and grass, built at the end of a bank tunnel dug by the parents, sometimes far from water. Eggs are incubated for 20 days by both parents.

● Similar species: Ringed Kingfisher: Belted Kingfisher is smaller and lacks rust-brown belly.

Flight Pattern

High direct flight with floppy wing beats.
Ringed Kingfisher Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Ringed Kingfisher: Uncommon and local but increasing its range in southeast Texas; widespread in the American tropics. Found along larger rivers, lakes, and lagoons.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationUncommon and local, Widespread in the American tropics.
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight11.1 Ounces