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.