First documented record of the Belted Kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon (Linnaeus, 1758), in mainland Ecuador

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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.

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Title: Check List

Abbreviated Title: cl

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

ISSN (Electronic): 1809-127X

Publication date Created: November 02 2016

Publication date (Electronic): December 07 2016

Volume: 12

Issue: 6

Page: 2011

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DOI: 10.15560/12.6.2011

SO-VID: 409cb56c-882b-4a66-9909-b6d1aec5c1b9

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

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