American pygmy kingfisher

American pygmy kingfisher
Male
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Genus: Chloroceryle
Species:
C. aenea
Binomial name
Chloroceryle aenea
(Pallas, 1764)
Synonyms
  • Alcedo aenea Pallas, 1764
  • Alcedo superciliosa Linnaeus, 1766

The American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America into every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It also occurs on Trinidad.

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