Amazon Kingfisher
Chloroceryle amazona(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Amazon Kingfisher
The Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: southern Mexico to Colombia, Venezuela, and east of Andes to ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chloroceryle amazona
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Amazon Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Alcedo amazona
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- Cayenne.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.257
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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