Ringed Kingfisher Photo Gallery
Female (Northern)
Very large kingfisher with heavy bill and ragged crest. Females have a blue breast band and chestnut belly.
© Bert Wessling / Macaulay LibraryTexas, February 13, 2018Adult male (Northern)
Very large kingfisher with heavy bill and ragged crest. Males are mostly chestnut below from breast through belly.
© Oscar Bermúdez Collado / Macaulay LibraryRío San Juan, July 16, 2009Hunts for fish from perches over freshwater. Often jerks the tail and head upwards while perched.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryGuárico, December 24, 2012Not all videos have soundFemale (Northern)
Very large, heavy-billed kingfisher. Females usually show a thin white band separating blue breast from chestnut belly.
© Carlos Sanchez / Macaulay LibraryMato Grosso, October 06, 2019Immature male (Northern)
Immatures usually show some female-like plumage including some blue feathering across breast.
© Ian Burgess / Macaulay LibraryAlajuela, February 06, 2017Female
Females have a blue breast band and chestnut or rufous belly, separated by a narrow white border. Often jerks the tail and head upwards while perched.
© Gregory Griffith / Macaulay LibraryTexas, January 01, 1994Not all videos have soundFemale (Northern)
In flight, females have extensive rufous under the wing and tail.
© Brian Sullivan / Macaulay LibraryTexas, November 13, 2009Female (Patagonian)
The subspecies that breeds in southern South America has a shorter bill and darker blue upperparts than the northern subspecies.
© Rodrigo Trecaman / Macaulay LibraryLos Lagos, May 23, 2018Large kingfisher with white collar, white spotting in wings and tail. Note chestnut extends all the way down the belly.
© Martjan Lammertink / Macaulay LibraryEntre Ríos, February 27, 2019Female (Northern)
In flight, females show rufous or chestnut underwings and under the tail; in males these areas are white.
© Tom Johnson / Macaulay LibraryTexas, March 24, 2018Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Kingfishers(Order: Coraciiformes, Family: Alcedinidae)
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