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Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Classification

Class
Aves

The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America. Taxonomy The belted kingfisher received its scientific name from the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. He introduced the binomial name Alcedo alcyon.

Distribution

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