Species Detail: Ceryle torquata
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Ceryle torquata
 
Authority: (Linnaeus, 1776)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
Martin Pescador Grande Dutch Caribbean Spanish
Ringed Kingfisher Global English
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Coraciiformes
 Alcedinidae Megaceryle
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Reproduction Comments:Known egg laying months: about March in Texas, about January in Tamaulipas, April-May in Belize, about March-May in Panama, February and June in Suriname, April in Trinidad, August in Guyana, and about November in southern Chile (Fry and Fry 1992). Clutch size 3-6 (commonly 4-5). Incubation 22 days or more, by both sexes in turn. Young tended by both parents, leave nest at 33-38 days when able to fly strongly. Generally nests solitarily, but "colonies" of several to 150 pairs have been reported from the Orinoco River, Venezuela (Fry and Fry 1992). Ecology Comments:Basically solitary.

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
IUCN Redlist Global LC
Natureserve Global G5

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

No Habitats listed.

Distribution Status No Distributions listed.

Location Occurrence Status Description
Dutch Caribbean

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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