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AMAZON KINGFISHER – Pura Vida Birds and Birding – Reflections of the Pure World


Male @ Tárcoles–Tour en Bote, Puntarenas, Costa Rica

AMAZON KINGFISHER(Species Account Weblog #108)

TAXONOMIC TREE:  

  • ORDER: Coraciiformes – kingfishers, todies, motmots, bee-eaters, rollers, hoopoes, and hornbills,
  • FAMILY: Alcedinidae – Kingfishers,
  • BINOMIAL NAME: Chloroceryle amazona

The Amazon Kingfisher is a resident of lakeshores and large-slow flowing rivers from northern Mexico south to central Argentina. They’re massive darkish bronzy inexperienced birds with a ragged crest, a white throat and collar, and a white stomach; the breast of the male is rufous, whereas the feminine has a narrower inexperienced breastband.. (from Birds of the World)

Amazon Kingfisher Distribution Map (from Birds of the World)

Much like the Ringed Kingfisher, we noticed Amazon Kingfishers at low to mid-elevations on the Tárcoles River, close to Sarapiquí and Arenal Volcano NP.


**A few of these Picture Gallery photos (all taken by me) have been taken in different close by international locations.

Male @ Tárcoles–Tour en Bote, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Feminine @ Chilamate Rainforest Eco Retreat, Heredia, Costa Rica
Male @ Xunantunich San Jose Succotz ferry, Cayo District, Belize
Male @ Xunantunich San Jose Succotz ferry, Cayo District, Belize

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