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chlama22121.jpg (57801 bytes) Alternate name
Chloroceryle amazona Scientific name 
Coraciiformes Order
Cerylida Family   
29-30 cm  Length
Estuarine water, lagoons, mangrove, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, up to 1,200 m, in:- Argentina, Aruba, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands, Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Habitat-Altitude-Range
3 - 4 white eggs Clutch  
Mainly fish. Food   Diet
Dives from perch to catch prey.     Habits
1153 World Number

Least Concern

Status

Photo by Arthur Grosset

wpe25.jpg (4363 bytes)  Amazon Kingfisher song
(Chloroceryle amazona)
Andrew Spencer XC31704
22-03-2009, Panama

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