Green-and-rufous kingfisher
Green-and-rufous kingfisher | |
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On the Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
Genus: | Chloroceryle |
Species: | C. inda |
Binomial name | |
Chloroceryle inda (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
Synonyms | |
Alcedo inda Linnaeus, 1766 |
The green-and-rufous kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the American tropics from Nicaragua to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.
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