guarda-rios-cintado vs guarda-rios-gigantes

Megaceryle alcyon compared with Megaceryle maxima

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	guarda-rios-cintado	guarda-rios-gigantes
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Aves (ave)	Aves (ave)
Order same	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)
Family same	Alcedinidae	Alcedinidae
Genus same	Megaceryle	Megaceryle
Species	Megaceryle alcyon	Megaceryle maxima

Evolutionary Relationship

guarda-rios-cintado and guarda-rios-gigantes share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Megaceryle.

View Genus: Megaceryle

Conservation Status

guarda-rios-cintado

LC — Least Concern

guarda-rios-gigantes

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	guarda-rios-cintado	guarda-rios-gigantes
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

guarda-rios-cintado

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, United States, and Venezuela.

guarda-rios-gigantes

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

guarda-rios-cintado

The Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a species in the genus Megaceryle. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.