Ringed Kingfisher - Laguna de Apoyo, NI

It was twilight when we got to the beach at Casa Marimba, but there was just enough light to photograph the first bird in Nicaragua. This handsome Ringed Kingfisher are almost double the size of the Belted Kingfishers we see here but are similar in color. The most famous of the Kingfishers are Kookaburras from Australia, but the group has relatives on every continent but Antarctica numbering 114 species. Lots of these birds fish for a living, but there are some that have made their home in the dry forests as well.