Green kingfisher
| Green kingfisher | |
|---|---|
| Male C. a. americana the Pantanal, Brazil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
| Genus: | Chloroceryle |
| Species: | C. americana |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroceryle americana (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | |
| Subspecies | |
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C. a. americana | |
The green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) is a species of "water kingfisher" in the subfamily Cerylinae of the family Alcedinidae. It is found from southern Texas in the United States south through Central America, in every mainland South American country except Chile and Trinidad and Tobago.
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