A male at Iberá Wetlands, Corrientes Province, Argentina
A female at San Ignacio, Belize
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Coraciiformes
Family:
Alcedinidae
Subfamily:
Cerylinae
Genus:
Chloroceryle
Species:
C. amazona
Binomial name
Chloroceryle amazona
(Latham, 1790)
The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina.[2][3]
^BirdLife International (2020). "Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22683649A163588964. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22683649A163588964.en. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Rollers, ground rollers, kingfishers". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
^HBW and BirdLife International (2022) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 7. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v7_Dec22.zip retrieved 13 December 2022
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