Ceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfisher
Ceryle alcyon: Taxonomy | Photographs
- Kingdom: Metazoa ((=Animalia) multicellular animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (chordates)
- Class: Aves (birds)
- Order: Coraciiformes (kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers)
- Family: Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
- Genus: Ceryle
- Species: Ceryle alcyon
- Common Names: Belted Kingfisher
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Ceryle alcyon - carrying a small fish away from the lake.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
November, 2001
Photo contributed by Emily Earp
Ceryle alcyon - (female); the female Belted Kingfisher has the brown markings; males do not.
Lake Leon - Tom Brown Park
Tallahassee, FL
January, 2001
Photo contributed by Josh Hillman
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Ceryle alcyon - carrying a small fish away from the lake.
Ceryle alcyon - (female); the female Belted Kingfisher has the brown markings; males do not.