First documented record of the belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758), in mainland ecuador

Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia

doi:10.15560/12.6.2011

First documented record of the belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758), in mainland ecuador

Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia^*

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Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales
King's College London

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Abstract

I present the first documented record of the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon, in mainland Ecuador. A young male M. alcyon was observed and photographed in the surroundings of Puerto López, province of Manabí, Ecuador in September 2005. A very rare boreal vagrant in mainland Ecuador, M. alcyon was previously known from a single sighting in December 1992 and was a hypothetical species pending corroborating evidence, which is now provided.

Original language	English
Article number	2011
Journal	Check List
Volume	12
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15560/12.6.2011
State	Published - 7 Dec 2016

Keywords

Alcedinidae
Boreal migrant
Coraciiformes
Machalilla national park
Manabí
New record
Vagrant

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First documented record of the belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758), in mainland ecuador

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