| Green
Kingfisher |
Home
Bird Orders |
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Alternate name |
| Chloroceryle americana |
Scientific name |
| Coraciiformes |
Order |
| Cerylida |
Family |
| 19cm |
Length |
| Estuarine water,
lagoons, rockpools, mangrove, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks, bogs, marshes, swamps, fens
& peatlands up to 2,800 m, in:- Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, USA & Venezuela. |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 3 - 4 White eggs. |
Clutch |
| Mainly fish also
insects. |
Food Diet |
| Fishes from a perch or
hovers before plunging on its prey. |
Habits |
| 1154 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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