Ringed kingfisher

Ringed kingfisher
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Subfamily:	Cerylinae
Genus:	Megaceryle
Species:	M. torquata
Binomial name
	Megaceryle torquata; (Linnaeus, 1766)
Subspecies
	M. t. stictipennis - (Lawrence, 1885); M. t. torquata - (Linnaeus, 1766); M. t. stellata - (Meyen, 1834);
	distribution
Synonyms
	Alcedo torquata Linnaeus, 1766; Ceryle torquata (Linnaeus, 1766);

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.

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