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Megaceryle alcyon · Alcedinidae

Belted Kingfisher: When and Where to See It

Adult female Belted Kingfisher
Photo: Jonathan Eisen, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Belted Kingfisher reaches Louisiana first, around mid June, and District of Columbia last, around late September.

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Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%5%10%15%Jan 1-7: 8.4% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 8.0% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 7.6% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 7.5% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 7.1% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 6.0% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 5.2% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 6.4% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 6.1% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 6.0% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 6.2% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 6.7% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 7.5% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 7.9% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 7.7% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 7.0% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 6.0% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 4.9% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 4.5% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 4.0% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 3.7% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 3.8% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 4.0% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 4.5% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 5.3% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 6.1% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 6.9% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 7.8% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 9.0% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 9.8% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 11% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 11% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 12% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 13% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 13% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 13% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 14% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 13% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 12% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 12% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 12% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 12% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 11% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 11% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 11% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 9.9% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 9.4% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 9.3% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
New HampshireSummer visitorMar 1-7Sep 8-14Oct 22-3114%
MinnesotaSummer visitorMar 1-7Sep 8-14Oct 15-2112%
NebraskaSummer visitorMar 1-7Sep 15-21Dec 1-712%
VermontSummer visitorMar 8-14Sep 8-14Oct 8-1417%
MaineSummer visitorMar 15-21Sep 15-21Nov 1-720%
WisconsinSummer visitorMar 15-21Sep 8-14Oct 22-3115%
South DakotaSummer visitorMar 15-21Sep 8-14Dec 15-2111%
North DakotaSummer visitorApr 1-7Sep 8-14Oct 8-1411%
MichiganAll year, most in summerJul 1-7Aug 15-21Oct 1-717%
OhioAll year, most in fallJul 8-14Aug 15-21Nov 22-3017%
IowaAll year, most in fallJul 8-14Sep 15-21Nov 1-714%
CaliforniaSummer visitorJul 8-14Sep 22-30Mar 15-2111%
UtahSummer visitorJul 8-14Sep 22-30May 1-77.1%
IndianaAll year, most in fallJul 15-21Sep 15-21Dec 1-715%
New YorkAll year, most in fallJul 15-21Sep 8-14Oct 22-3115%
AlaskaAll year, most in fallJul 22-31Aug 22-31Nov 22-3014%
MassachusettsAll year, most in fallJul 22-31Sep 15-21Nov 1-714%
NevadaSummer visitorJul 22-31Sep 15-21May 1-712%
IllinoisAll year, most in fallAug 1-7Oct 1-7Nov 1-711%
Rhode IslandAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Sep 22-30Nov 1-715%
WyomingAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Sep 8-14Oct 8-148.5%
LouisianaWinter visitorJun 15-21Oct 15-21Apr 8-1421%
DelawareWinter visitorJul 8-14Oct 1-7Apr 22-3016%
TexasWinter visitorJul 8-14Nov 1-7Apr 1-713%
WashingtonAll year, most in fallJul 15-21Sep 1-7Dec 8-1421%
OregonAll year, most in fallJul 15-21Sep 1-7Jan 1-714%
PennsylvaniaAll year, most in fallJul 15-21Sep 22-30Dec 8-1414%
FloridaWinter visitorJul 22-31Nov 1-7Mar 22-3123%
West VirginiaAll year, most in fallJul 22-31Nov 1-7Dec 22-3114%
TennesseeAll year, most in fallAug 1-7Nov 1-7Jan 22-3119%
KentuckyAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Nov 22-30Jan 1-716%
MarylandAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Oct 8-14Jan 1-717%
VirginiaAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Oct 22-31Feb 1-717%
ConnecticutAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Sep 22-30Dec 8-1413%
MontanaAll year, most in fallAug 8-14Sep 8-14Nov 15-2114%
New MexicoWinter visitorAug 8-14Oct 8-14May 1-76.7%
South CarolinaAll year, most in fallAug 15-21Oct 22-31Jan 22-3121%
North CarolinaAll year, most in fallAug 15-21Oct 22-31Jan 8-1419%
ArkansasAll year, most in fallAug 15-21Oct 22-31Jan 8-1415%
GeorgiaAll year, most in fallAug 15-21Oct 22-31Jan 22-3115%
ColoradoAll year, most in fallAug 15-21Nov 8-14Feb 1-713%
IdahoAll year, most in fallAug 15-21Nov 15-21Feb 1-714%
ArizonaWinter visitorAug 15-21Oct 22-31Mar 8-148.6%
New JerseyAll year, most in fallAug 22-31Oct 1-7Dec 8-1418%
MissouriAll year, most in fallAug 22-31Oct 1-7Dec 22-319.4%
KansasAll year, most in fallSep 1-7Oct 1-7Dec 15-2110%
OklahomaAll year, most in fallSep 1-7Oct 8-14Jan 8-1412%
AlabamaAll year, most in fallSep 8-14Nov 1-7Feb 1-717%
MississippiAll year, most in fallSep 15-21Nov 8-14Jan 22-3120%
District of ColumbiaAll year, most in fallSep 22-30Nov 15-21Jan 1-716%

Summer visitor in: New Hampshire, Minnesota, Nebraska, Vermont, Maine, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota