Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

The belted kingfisher is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 1,223,740 times across 85 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 19°C (typically 10 to 31°C, from 36 areas). That range is wide, so temperature alone does not explain when it turns up.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in North America ranged from 30°N in February to 52°N in July, about 2,500 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.