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Bird name:

Ringed Kingfisher

Ceryle torquatusOrder: CORACIIFORMES Family: Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Codes: Common Name: RIKI Scientific Name: CERTOR ITIS Taxonomic No.: 692718

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like 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

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like 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

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like 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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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.

● 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

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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