Adult ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, perched in a tree within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, perched in a tree eating a small fish within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, perched in a tree eating a small fish within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, perched in a tree eating a small fish within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, perched in a tree within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, taking flight within the Pacaya Samiria Preserve, Peru.

Adult female ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), in flight on Rio Cuiaba, Mata Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Ringed kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) in flight, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Adult female ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Rio Tres Irmao, Mata Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, South America

Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) by the Gutierrez Lake, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Rio Negro Province, Argentina, South America

Adult female ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Rio Tres Irmao, Mata Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Ringed kingfisher (Ceryle torquata), Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Red-breasted Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), rattling over the water, Rio Claro, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Red-breasted Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), flying with caught fish, Rio Claro, Pantanal, Brazil, South America

Ringed Kingfisher perches on a thorny branch on the llanos of central Venezuela, South America.

Ringed Kingfisher sitting on branch South America