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.
Female Belted Kingfisher in a mountain canyon
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher in a mountain canyon
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Female Belted Kingfisher with dirty bill and feet
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher with dirty bill and feet
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Male Belted Kingfisher perched on a thin branch
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher perched on a thin branch
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 5/17/2017
Female Belted Kingfisher at moment of lift off
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher at moment of lift off
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Female Belted Kingfisher getting ready to lift off
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher getting ready to lift off
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Belted Kingfisher female perched over a pond
Title: Belted Kingfisher female perched over a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Female Belted Kingfisher with prey
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher with prey
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Belted Kingfisher female rattling
Title: Belted Kingfisher female rattling
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Female Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Female Belted Kingfisher looking for fish in a pond
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher looking for fish in a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Female Belted Kingfisher calling from a branch
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher calling from a branch
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Male Belted Kingfisher and snow
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher and snow
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2016
Winter snow and a male Belted Kingfisher
Title: Winter snow and a male Belted Kingfisher
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2016
Perky looking male Belted Kingfisher
Title: Perky looking male Belted Kingfisher
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2016
Belted Kingfisher after eating his prey
Title: Belted Kingfisher after eating his prey
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2016
Male Belted Kingfisher with freshly caught prey
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher with freshly caught prey
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2016
Male Belted Kingfisher shaking his feathers
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher shaking his feathers
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2016
Male Belted Kingfisher with prey in his bill
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher with prey in his bill
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2016
Belted Kingfisher male shaking his feathers
Title: Belted Kingfisher male shaking his feathers
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2016
Belted Kingfisher male with a fish in his bill
Title: Belted Kingfisher male with a fish in his bill
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 11/22/2016