Galapagos Species Database
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Megaceryle alcyon
Martín pescador norteño, Belted Kingfisher
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Alcedinidae
Genus
Megaceryle
Species
alcyon
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Ceryle alcyon Linnaeus, 1758
Origin: Migrant
Distribution: Most of these records were at Academy Bay, Santa Cruz, but also from the north side of Santa Cruz, Daphne (Major?), Genovesa, Española, Isabela (Puerto Villamil, lagoon at Elizabeth Bay), and Floreana (Harris 1973). Apparently no specimens have been taken.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Megaceryle alcyon", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16824. Accessed 1 November 2026.