American Pygmy-kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)

Other Names (World)
American Pygmy-kingfisher, American Pygmy Kingfisher, Pygmy Kingfisher, Least Green Kingfisher

Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1764)

Range (Guide)

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 500,000 - 4,999,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) [XC484398]
by id from Sani Lodge, Sucumb\u00edos, Ecuador (call)

American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) [XC770306]
by Jerome Fischer from Ubatuba, SP. Folha Seca, Brazil (call)

Subspecies
Closely related to Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

stictoptera (Ridgway, 1884) - Southern Mexico (Puebla, Veracruz, Yucat�n) to northern and central Costa Rica.
aenea (Pallas, 1764) - Central Costa Rica to northern Colombia, southern on west of Andes to western Ecuador, and on east of Andes east to Venezuela, the Guianas and Trinidad and south to eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina (Misiones) and south-central Brazil.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for American Pygmy-kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) - 10 files

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