Megaceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfishers have powdery blue-gray plumage, dark eyes, tiny legs and feet, large heads with shaggy crests and long, sharp bills.
Title: Adult female Belted Kingfisher with her bill open wide
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2020
Title: Adult female Belted Kingfisher with a shorter than normal lower bill
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher stretching his wings and opening his bill
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2020
Title: Adult Belted Kingfisher male stretching his wings over a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2020
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher preening session
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2020
Title: Adult female Belted Kingfisher on the other side of a creek
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher shaking his feathers after eating
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Title: Adult male Belted Kingfisher chattering
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Title: Belted Kingfisher male in flight
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher swallowing a fish
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher perched over a mountain pond
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Title: Calling female Belted Kingfisher high in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 4/24/2020
Title: High key male Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 1/2/2020
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher in a mountain canyon
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/9/2019
Title: Belted Kingfisher female aka Queenfisher
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher near a creek in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher in a mountain canyon
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher with dirty bill and feet
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/20/2019
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher perched on a thin branch
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 5/17/2017
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher at moment of lift off
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher getting ready to lift off
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Belted Kingfisher female perched over a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher with prey
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Belted Kingfisher female rattling
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher perched in a tree
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher looking for fish in a pond
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Female Belted Kingfisher calling from a branch
Location: Salt Lake County, Utah
Date: 3/12/2017
Title: Male Belted Kingfisher and snow
Location: Farmington Bay WMA, Davis County, Utah
Date: 12/2/2016