Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

The ringed kingfisher is a large, conspicuous, and noisy kingfisher bird commonly found along the lower Rio Grande Valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 2,661 times across 18 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in South America ranged from 24°S in August to 7°N in December, about 3,400 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.