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Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon · Family Alcedinidae
Megaceryle alcyon
Family Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 7,049,411
- Countries and territories with records
- 59
About this species
This species has 7,049,411 occurrence records from 59 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (84.2%) and Canada (13.4%); together they account for 97.6% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.53% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Megaceryle alcyon combines the genus name Megaceryle with the species epithet alcyon. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Megaceryle; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Megaceryle torquata, Megaceryle maxima and Megaceryle lugubris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 44.7 times the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.