Rolf Nussbaumer / Belted kingfisher male {Megaceryle alcyon} Texas, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Belted kingfisher male {Megaceryle alcyon} Texas, USA

Marie Read / Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), adult male, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA

Marie Read / Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), adult male calling, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA

Christophe Courteau / Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) female with fish Okvango Delta, Botswana

Hermann Brehm / Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) perched, Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Richard Du Toit / Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) female, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Nature Production / Greater Pied / Crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) digging nest hole in river bank, Shiga, Japan, march

Nature Production / Greater Pied / Crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) diving for Dark Chub fish underwater, Shiga, Japan

Nature Production / Greater Pied / Crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) shaking off droplets of water after coming out of water, Shiga, Japan, June

Nature Production / Greater Pied / Crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) pair mating at dawn, Shiga, Japan

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