American green kingfisher
| American green kingfishers | |
|---|---|
| Green-and-rufous kingfisher in Bolivia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
| Genus: | Chloroceryle Kaup, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Alcedo superciliosa =Alcedo aenea Linnaeus, 1766 | |
| Species | |
|
C. amazona | |
| Phylogeny |
| Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017) |
The American green kingfishers are the kingfisher genus Chloroceryle, which are native to tropical Central and South America, with one species extending north to south Texas.
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