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Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Spotting Image 1

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JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 9 years ago
Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana Green kingfisher


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CarlaRibeiro
CarlaRibeiro 9 years ago

Unfortunately, I tried to take other pictures but it flew away

StirredMocha
StirredMocha 9 years ago

That's what I originally thought. However, several internet pictures seemed to have the spottings.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/42964440@N...

JoshuaGSmith
JoshuaGSmith 9 years ago

The Amazon kingfisher lacks the black underparts.

StirredMocha
StirredMocha 9 years ago

Do you have any shots of the wings or an approximation of the bird's size? Not sure if it is a green or Amazon kingfisher.

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CarlaRibeiro
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CarlaRibeiro

Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 1, 2014
Submitted on Nov 1, 2014

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