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title: "Ringed Kingfisher"
description: "Megaceryle torquata — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ringed-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ringed Kingfisher

> Megaceryle torquata — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Megaceryle torquata*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 17195
- Wikidata: [Q1272848](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1272848)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2552](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2552)

## Names

- en: Ringed Kingfisher
- de: Rotbrustfischer
- es: Martín pescador de collar
- fr: Martin-pêcheur à ventre roux
- nl: Amerikaanse reuzenijsvogel
- pt: Martim-pescador-grande
- pl: Rybaczek obrożny

## Countries with the most observations

MX (3125), BR (2973), AR (1908), CR (1616), CO (1166), CL (1140), US (1058), PA (643), EC (582), PE (454), BZ (278), NI (277)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/326782638

## Machine access

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