Ringed kingfisher Ceryle torquata

Identification Tips:

• Length: 15.5 inches
• Long, stout bill
• Blue-gray, ragged crest
• White throat and collar
• Blue-gray upperparts
• Male has rusty breast and belly, female has rusty belly, blue-gray breast and white breast band
• Barred tail
• United States range restricted to southern Texas

Similar species:

The Ringed Kingfisher is larger than the Belted Kingfisher and has a rusty belly and different call.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.