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Large Crested Kingfishers
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Large Crested Kingfishers

Megaceryle

Megaceryle is a genus of very large kingfishers. They have a wide distribution in the Americas, Africa and southeast Asia.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Belted Kingfisher

speciesMegaceryle alcyon

Ringed Kingfisher

speciesMegaceryle torquata

Giant Kingfisher

speciesMegaceryle maxima

Crested Kingfisher

speciesMegaceryle lugubris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2547.