Martin-pêcheur hupé du Mexique
Date 1765-1783?
BHL Page URL https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35207173
Author Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon; Daubenton; Edme-Louis Daubenton; Francois Nicolas Martinet
Full title Planches enluminées d'histoire naturelle /
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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.

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