Green-and-rufous kingfisher

Green-and-rufous kingfisher
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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