Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
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, and in every mainland South American country except Chile. Taxonomy and systematics The green kingfisher was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae.
Le Martin-pêcheur vert (Chloroceryle americana) est une espèce d'oiseau de la famille des Alcedinidae, native de l'écozone néotropicale. Description Cette espèce mesure environ 18 cm de longueur. Elle présente un dimorphisme sexuel.
El martín pescador verde o martín pescador chico (Chloroceryle americana) es una especie de ave coraciiforme de la familia Cerylidae residente que se distribuye desde el sur de Texas en EE. UU. a través de América Central hasta el centro de Argentina.
Distribution
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