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Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americanaOrder: CORACIIFORMES Family: Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Codes: Common Name: GKIN Scientific Name: CHLAME ITIS Taxonomic No.: 178112

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Plain, Crested or plumed, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Dark-green
Forehead Color: White with black spotting.
Nape Color: Dark-green
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Length Range: 19-22 cm (7.5-8.75 in)
Weight: 37 g (1.3 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: Green, White, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: Red-brown and white with some black spotting.
Upperparts: Dark Green
Back Pattern: No Data
Belly Pattern: No Data
Breast Pattern: No Data

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Rapid buzzing direct flight.
Wingspan Range: 28-33 cm (11-13 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Blue-gray
Under Tail: White with black spotting.
Leg Color: Gray

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Green Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher: Small kingfisher, dark green head, back, and wings, white chin, collar, rufous breast band, white belly with black spots. Black bill is long and straight. Legs and feet are gray. Feeds mostly on small fish taken in dives and aquatic insects, amphibians. Direct flight.

● Song: "tick-tick", "cheep"

● Foraging & Feeding: Green Kingfisher: Hunts from low perches along the edge of the water or from rocks in the water. Feeds primarily on small fish, insects, and amphibians taken by plunge diving.

● Breeding & nesting: Green Kingfisher: Three to six white eggs are laid in a nest made of grass and built in a burrow 2 to 3 feet deep, usually in a stream bank. Incubation ranges from 19 to 21 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Green Kingfisher: Belted and Ringed kingfishers are larger with blue-gray upperparts and head.

Flight Pattern

Rapid buzzing direct flight.

● Range & Habitat: Green Kingfisher: Uncommon and local in southern Texas; rare to casual in southeastern Arizona; has recently begun nesting locally in south Arizona, spreading north from Mexico. Preferred habitats include small, clear streams, quiet pools, and backwaters.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^PopulationUncommon and local in southern Texas, Rare to casual in southeastern Arizona

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight1.3 Ounces

Perching-like Head

Perching-like Body

Perching-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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