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Ringed Kingfisher
Megaceryle torquata · Family Alcedinidae
Megaceryle torquata
Family Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 494,957
- Countries and territories with records
- 36
About this species
This species has 494,957 occurrence records from 36 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Brazil (15.6%), Costa Rica (13.6%), Colombia (13.5%), the United States (10.3%) and Argentina (7%); together they account for 60% of the total. In Brazil, this species accounts for 0.33% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Megaceryle torquata combines the genus name Megaceryle with the species epithet torquata. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Megaceryle; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Megaceryle alcyon, Megaceryle maxima and Megaceryle lugubris.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Megaceryle alcyon. Its record count is 3.1 times the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.