Species Detail - Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Birds of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
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Megaceryle alcyon
Belted Kingfisher
NHMSYS0021003762 RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
mealc
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird
Species
2
2
2
28/10/1984
04/12/2020
11 March (recorded in 1984)
7 December (recorded in 2020)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Birds of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/155/Species/280265

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)