Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) - HBW 6, p. 243
French: Martin-pêcheur vert
German: Grünfischer
Spanish: Martín Pescador Verde
Taxonomy: Alcedo americana J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Cayenne.
Closely related to C. amazona. Other described races are isthmica (Honduras to E Panama, Pearl Is and N Colombia), hellmayri (W Colombia), ecuadorensis (Ecuador) and croteta (Trinidad and Tobago), but all are poorly distinguished. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hachisukai Laubmann, 1942 - extreme S Arizona, SW New Mexico and WC Texas to NW Mexico.
- septentrionalis (Sharpe, 1892) - SC Texas S to Colombia and W Venezuela.
- cabanisii (Tschudi, 1846) - W Colombia and W Ecuador S on W of Andes to N Chile.
- hachisukai Laubmann, 1942 - extreme S Arizona, SW New Mexico and WC Texas to NW Mexico.
- septentrionalis (Sharpe, 1892) - SC Texas S to Colombia and W Venezuela.
- cabanisii (Tschudi, 1846) - W Colombia and W Ecuador S on W of Andes to N Chile.
- americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) - E of Andes from Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago S to NE Bolivia and across N Brazil (Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Bahia).
- mathewsii Laubmann, 1927 - S Brazil and S Bolivia to N Argentina (Mendoza, N Buenos Aires).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male perched on a branch Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp septentrionalis)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 8 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A wet-plumaged female perched over a channel, fishing a prey and returning to the same branch to swallow it. Locality Curicaca Wildlife Refuge, Pantanal, Mato Grosso State, Brazil (ssp mathewsii)
Alex García · Videoaves 4 July 2008 4 years ago 31 sec 4.7 -
A male sitting on a limb over a small stream. Locality Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA (United States) (ssp septentrionalis)
Bill Wayman 1 February 2008 4 years ago 32 sec 4.5 -
A male perched and flying away Locality Girardot, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia (ssp septentrionalis)
Pere Sugranyes 31 October 2006 5 years ago 16 sec 4.3 -
Female perched on junco hanging over the laggon, looking to hunt. Locality Laguna del Diario, Maldonado, Maldonado Department, Uruguay
Antonio Silveira 20 July 2012 45 weeks ago 20 sec 4.3 -
A female perched on a branch and flying away Locality Nosara, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (ssp septentrionalis)
Max Roth 28 February 2001 8 years ago 29 sec 4.2
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This Green-kingfisher is always on the wall of the Maraval River,in Maraval
Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp americana)
SIRROYALTY 3 March 2011 2 years ago 4.6 -
Male
Locality Pre-Delta National Park, Entre Ríos Province, Argentina (ssp mathewsii)
Horacio Luna 9 July 2011 15 weeks ago 4.3 -
feeding
Locality San Blas, Nayarit State, Mexico (Northern)
David Caro 17 March 2011 2 years ago 4.1 -
Male on a branch
Locality Guainía Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 16 weeks ago 4 -
Female fishing in lagoon.
Locality Laguna del Diario, Maldonado, Maldonado Department, Uruguay
Antonio Silveira 15 February 2013 17 weeks ago 4 -
Male Perched
Locality Pantanal, Brazil
Philip Perry 2 September 2010 51 weeks ago 4
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A bird calling. Locality Fazenda Praia Alta, Tocantins State, Brazil
(ssp mathewsii)
Josep del Hoyo 2 August 2011 1 year ago 4.3
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