Green Kingfisher
29 December 2011 22:11 Filed in: Alcedinidae Cerylidae Kingfishers Panama Soberania National Park Brazil Mato Grosso Pantanal Curicaca Lodge Rio Clarinho Lodge Para Ecuador Napo
Copyright: monacoeye • Pantanal, Brazil, August 2011 • Do not copy without permission
Bird name: Green Kingfisher
Latin: Chloroceryle americana
Other: Martín pescador verde (Es) • Martim-pescador-pequeno (Br)
Family: Alcedinidae • Kingfishers
Range: SW USA to N Argentina
Similar: Amazon Kingfisher
The male Green Kingfisher (above) has a white neck, rufous chest, green head and back, white-spotted black wings and white underneath. The female (below) lacks the rufous colouring.
A smaller bird than the Amazon Kingfisher. Seen regularly in the Pantanal on the banks of the Rio Claro, at Curicaca Lodge, for example. Also Ecuador in the Oriente and Panama in the Canal Zone.
A presumed female Green Kingfisher at Pousada Curicaca.
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