American Pygmy Kingfisher
Chloroceryle aenea
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,823
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America into every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It also occurs on Trinidad.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “American pygmy kingfisher”.