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Megaceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfisher
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Rare

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

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


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		CO: S5B
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 1 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
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Anacostia Park	Arches National Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Big Bend National Park
Bluestone National Scenic River	Bryce Canyon National Park
Buffalo National River	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Castillo De San Marcos National Monument
Catoctin Mountain Park	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chiricahua National Monument
Congaree National Park	Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Island National Seashore
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Postpile National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument	Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Frederica National Monument	Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Necessity National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Gateway National Recreation Area	Gauley River National Recreation Area
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
Golden Gate National Recreation Area	Grand Canyon National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Joshua Tree National Park	Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lassen Volcanic National Park
Lava Beds National Monument	Lewis and Clark National Historical Park
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Manzanar National Historic Site
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Moores Creek National Battlefield
Mount Rainier National Park	Muir Woods National Monument
National Mall and Memorial Parks	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
Parashant National Monument	Piscataway Park
Presidio of San Francisco	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Saguaro National Park	San Juan Island National Historical Park
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
Shenandoah National Park	Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial
Timpanogos Cave National Monument	Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tuzigoot National Monument
Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River	Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve
Yosemite National Park	Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	8/8/2013

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 3:29:10 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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