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Species Description
The Ringed Kingfisher is a large species of Kingfisher distributed from the southernmost tip of South America to southern Texas. It is a noisy and territorial bird that does not migrate. The Ringed Kingfishers are distinguished by their bright red breast feathers and the white collars around their necks. They have bluish grey feathers on their backs. Females have a band of bluish feathers across the chest and an additional stripe of white feathers above the red belly.
Kingfishers perch in trees over bodies of water from which they dive headfirst to catch fish below the surface. They build their nests in tunnels they excavate in the sides of riverbanks.
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