Amazon Kingfisher
29 December 2011 22:12 Filed in: Alcedinidae Cerylidae Kingfishers Water Kingfishers Brazil Mato Grosso Pantanal Curicaca Lodge Rio Clarinho Lodge Rio Grande do Sul Lagoa do Peixe Mostardas Ecuador Napo
Copyright: monacoeye • Pantanal, Brazil, August 2011 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Amazon Kingfisher
Latin: Chloroceryle amazona
Other: Martim-pescador-verde (Br) • Martín pescador amazónico (Es)
Family: Alcedinidae • Kingfishers
Range: Mexico to Argentina, including all Brazil
Similar: Green Kingfisher
The Amazon Kingfisher is a large river kingfisher. The male Amazon Kingfisher (pictured directly below) has a rufous chest. The female Amazon Kingfisher (above) has white and green markings. They are much larger than Green Kingfishers and have less white wing spotting than the latter.
Several near Curicaca Lodge in the Pantanal in August, above ditches beside small roads and above rivers.
Also seen in Amazonia above river banks and in Rio Grande do Sul on telephone wires above wetlands.
Below: a male Amazon Kingfisher in the Pantanal.
Below: a female Amazon Kingfisher in the Pantanal, August.
Below: a female Amazon Kingfisher in the Pantanal, seen from the Rio Claro.
Below: a male Amazon Kingfisher abover the river, Upper Napo, Ecuador.
Below: a male Amazon Kingfisher in the Pantanal, perched above the river.
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