Gabriel Rojo / Ringed kingfisher (megaceryle torquata) perched with beak open in wetland. Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

John Shaw / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) male positioning small fish in bill. Pantanal, Brazil. September.

Bernard Castelein / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Pampas del Yacuma Protected Area, Bolivia

Bernard Castelein / Ringed kingfisher, (Megaceryle torquata), male, in flight, Municipal protected area of Pampas del Yacuma, Bolivia

Bernard Castelein / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) Madidi National Park, Bolivia

Thomas Marent / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) male, Mamiraua Reserve, Amazon, Brazil

Tony Heald / Ringed kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) female profile, Pantanal, Brazil

Nick Garbutt / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Cuiaba River, northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil, South America.

Ben Cranke / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) perched on a bare tree branch, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. July.

Ben Cranke / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) perched on a bare tree branch, Mato Grosso, Pantanal, Brazil. August.

Angelo Gandolfi / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) female perched above waterfall pool, Parana state, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) eating a piranha at Pixaim River, Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso State, Western Brazil.

Hermann Brehm / Ringes Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) female, Pantanal, Brazil.

Hermann Brehm / Ringes Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) male, Pantanal, Brazil.

Angelo Gandolfi / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) Pantanal, Brazil.

Glenn Bartley / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) female, Ecuador

Christophe Courteau / Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) Pantanal, Brazil.

Christophe Courteau / Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) Pantanal, Brazil.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) perched above water. The Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso State, Brazil, October.

Pete Oxford / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle / Ceryle torquata) perched in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Pete Oxford / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle / Ceryle torquata) perched in rainforest, Rewa River, Iwokrama Reserve, Guyana

Mary McDonald / Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle / Megaceryle torquata) perchedwith freshly caught fish, Pantanal, Brazil, August

Mary McDonald / Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle / Megaceryle torquata) perched feeding on freshly caught fish, Pantanal, Brazil, August

Mary McDonald / Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle / Megaceryle torquata) perched on a "watch point" hunting for fish, Pantanal, Brazil, August

Piper Mackay / Ringed kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) perching on branch, in rain, Pantanal, Brazil.

Piper Mackay / Ringed kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) perching on branch, in rain, Pantanal, Brazil.

Piper Mackay / Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata) perching on overhanging tree roots, Pantanal, Brazil.

Roy Mangersnes / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle / Ceryle torquata) perched, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina, South America. November.

Suzi Eszterhas / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) with fish, Pantanal, Brazil

Suzi Eszterhas / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata), Pantanal, Brazil

Suzi Eszterhas / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) hunting, Pantanal, Brazil

Pete Oxford / Ringed Kingfisher {Ceryle torquata} perching on post, Pantanal, Brazil.

Tom Vezo / Ringed kingfisher {Ceryle torquata} Tortugero NP, Costa Rica

Hermann Brehm / Ringed kingfisher with fish prey {Ceryle torquata} Pantanal, Brazil

Thomas Marent / Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) female, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Staffan Widstrand / Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) fishing in river, Pixaim River, Pantanal wetlands, Mato Grosso, Brazil.