Open AccessFirst documented record of the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758), in mainland Ecuador
Author(s) -
Diego F. CisnerosHeredia
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/16.6.2011
Subject(s) - mainland , geography , zoology , fishery , ecology , forestry , biology , archaeology
I present the first documented record of the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon, in mainland Ecuador. A young male M. alcyon was observed and photographed in the surroundings of Puerto López, province of Manabí, Ecuador in September 2005. A very rare boreal vagrant in mainland Ecuador, M. alcyon was previously known from a single sighting in December 1992 and was a hypothetical species pending corroborating evidence, which is now provided.