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title: "Belted Kingfisher"
description: "Megaceryle alcyon — Uccelli. The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/belted-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Belted Kingfisher

> Megaceryle alcyon — Uccelli. The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America.

- Scientific name: *Megaceryle alcyon*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 88445
- Wikidata: [Q736052](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q736052)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2548](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2548)

## Names

- en: Belted Kingfisher
- de: Gürtelfischer
- es: Martín pescador norteño
- fr: Martin-pêcheur d'Amérique
- nl: Bandijsvogel
- pt: Guarda-rios-cintado
- pl: Rybaczek popielaty

## Countries with the most observations

US (61988), CA (15027), MX (4788), CR (108), FR (65), BZ (63), CU (61), PR (54), HN (46), GT (45), DO (37), SV (36)

## Summary

The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belted_kingfisher

## Photo

![Belted Kingfisher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/belted-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180637052

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/belted-kingfisher?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).