Ceryle stellata
Date between 1820 and 1863
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer [Reichenbach], 3487
Old Latin name Ceryle stellata
New Latin name Megaceryle torquata stellata
Common name Nederlands: Amerikaanse reuzenijsvogel
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The ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is a large, conspicuous, and noisy kingfisher bird commonly found along the lower Rio Grande Valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America. Ringed kingfishers are found in broad areas between Texas, USA and South America. The ranges of ringed and belted kingfishers overlap from Central America and above for 6–8 months. Ringed kingfishers also have ranges that overlap with other kingfisher species in Central and South America. Breeding ranges of ringed kingfishers vary in the Neotropics in Mexico, the Caribbean and South America.

Megaceryle torquata stellata has breeding ranges and wintering grounds located in Chile and the southern part of Argentina. Its undertail coverts are spotted heavily with dark-blue or gray coloration, with spotted or dusky underwing coverts, dorm appears to be dark blue to gray, and the outer webs of their secondary wings do not appear to have white spots.

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Genus: Megaceryle
Species: Megaceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms
- Alcedo torquata Linnaeus, 1766
- Ceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766)