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Megaceryle alcyon
belted kingfisher
Bluestone National Scenic River
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Uncommon

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:
Breeder


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		WV: S3B,S3N
Evidence:		6 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 5 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Anacostia Park	Arches National Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Big Bend National Park
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park	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
Colorado 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:	6/25/2013

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 5:09:04 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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