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Ceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfisher
Assateague Island National Seashore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Ceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):		Belted Kingfisher
Park Synonyms:		Ceryle alcyon caurina

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Coraciiformes, Family Alcedinidae, Genus Megaceryle, Species Ceryle alcyon


Seasonality Tags:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:
NatureServe State Rank:
Evidence:		209 Observations, 1 Vouchers, 0 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Alagnak Wild River	Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve
Antietam National Battlefield	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Baltimore-Washington National Parkway	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Biscayne National Park	Blue Ridge Parkway
Booker T. Washington National Monument	Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
Buck Island Reef National Monument	Cabrillo National Monument
Cape Cod National Seashore	Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Channel Islands National Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chickasaw National Recreation Area	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Denali National Park and Preserve
Devils Tower National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Effigy Mounds National Monument	Eisenhower National Historic Site
El Morro National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	First State National Historical Park
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Fort Washington Park	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Birthplace National Monument
George Washington Carver National Monument	Gettysburg National Military Park
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Glacier National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve	Greenbelt Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
Harmony Hall	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Mesa Verde National Park
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Monocacy National Battlefield
Morristown National Historical Park	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks-East
Navajo National Monument	Nez Perce National Historical Park
Ninety Six National Historic Site	Niobrara National Scenic River
Noatak National Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Olympic National Park
Oxon Cove Park and Oxon Hill Run	Oxon Run National Parkway
Ozark National Scenic Riverways	Padre Island National Seashore
Pea Ridge National Military Park	Pecos National Historical Park
Petersburg National Battlefield	Petrified Forest National Park
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pinnacles National Park
Pipestone National Monument	Point Reyes National Seashore
Prince William Forest Park	Redwood National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park	Russell Cave National Monument
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park	Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Scotts Bluff National Monument	Shiloh National Military Park
Sitka National Historical Park	Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Stones River National Battlefield	Suitland Parkway
Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Valles Caldera National Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site	Vicksburg National Military Park
Virgin Islands National Park	Voyageurs National Park
Weir Farm National Historical Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wilson's Creek National Battlefield
Wind Cave National Park	Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
Wupatki National Monument	Yellowstone National Park
Yucca House National Monument


Last Modified Date:	9/16/2009

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 3/26/2026 4:34:14 PM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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