Belted Kingfisher Images, Facts and Information:
Megaceryle alcyon
- Belted Kingfishers have powdery blue-gray plumage, dark eyes, tiny legs and feet, large heads with shaggy crests and long, sharp bills. Males have a single blue band on their chests and females have one blue band and one rusty red band.
- Some Belted Kingfishers are migratory and some are year-round residents in their range. Open water is a must for this species.
- Belted Kingfishers require clear open water and vertical open banks for habitat. They can be found near streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, estuaries and other marine habitat.
- Belted Kingfishers primarily eat fish but they also will eat crustaceans such as crayfish, mollusks, insects, amphibians, reptiles, small birds and small fruits like berries.
- Belted Kingfishers nest in burrows they dig, they lay 5 to 8 eggs which hatch in 22 to 24 days. Both sexes incubate and they are monogamous.
- A group of kingfishers can be called a “rattle” or “crown” of kingfishers.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Belted Kingfisher photos.
Male Belted Kingfisher perched over a creek
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher perched over a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2020
Male Belted Kingfisher on his favorite perch
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher on his favorite perch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Belted Kingfisher male perched over a creek
Title: Belted Kingfisher male perched over a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Male Belted Kingfisher perched in front of wildflowers
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher perched in front of wildflowers
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Adult female Belted Kingfisher with her bill open wide
Title: Adult female Belted Kingfisher with her bill open wide
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2020
Adult female Belted Kingfisher with a shorter than normal lower bill
Title: Adult female Belted Kingfisher with a shorter than normal lower bill
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2020
Male Belted Kingfisher stretching his wings and opening his bill
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher stretching his wings and opening his bill
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2020
Adult Belted Kingfisher male stretching his wings over a creek
Title: Adult Belted Kingfisher male stretching his wings over a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2020
Adult male Belted Kingfisher preening session
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher preening session
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2020
Adult female Belted Kingfisher on the other side of a creek
Title: Adult female Belted Kingfisher on the other side of a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2020
Male Belted Kingfisher shaking his feathers after eating
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher shaking his feathers after eating
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Adult male Belted Kingfisher chattering
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher chattering
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Belted Kingfisher male in flight
Title: Belted Kingfisher male in flight
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Male Belted Kingfisher swallowing a fish
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher swallowing a fish
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Female Belted Kingfisher perched over a mountain pond
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher perched over a mountain pond
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Calling female Belted Kingfisher high in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Calling female Belted Kingfisher high in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
High key male Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree
Title: High key male Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/2/2020
Male Belted Kingfisher in a mountain canyon
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher in a mountain canyon
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/9/2019
Belted Kingfisher female aka Queenfisher
Title: Belted Kingfisher female aka Queenfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Female Belted Kingfisher near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019