Amazon kingfisher
| Amazon kingfisher | |
|---|---|
| A male at Iberá Wetlands, Corrientes Province, Argentina | |
| A female at San Ignacio, Belize | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
| Genus: | Chloroceryle |
| Species: | C. amazona |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroceryle amazona (Latham, 1790) | |
The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina.
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