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What the Green Kingfisher sounds like
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The green kingfisher is about 20 cm (8 in) long and weighs about 35 to 40 g (1.2 to 1.4 oz); females are larger and heavier than males. Birds in the northern and southern parts of its range, and those west of the Andes, are larger and heavier than the others, but the differences tend to be clinal. The species has the typical kingfisher shape with long heavy bill (heaviest in Trinidad and Tobago); in contrast to many other kingfishers, however, it does not have an obvious crest. The bill is black with some horn color at the base of the mandible and its legs and feet are dark gray.
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When to see the Green Kingfisher
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Green Kingfisher
The map shades 22 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Green Kingfisher
The green kingfisher is a species of "water kingfisher" in the subfamily Cerylinae of the family Alcedinidae. It is found from southern Texas in the United States south through Central America, and in every mainland South American country except Chile.
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Easily confused with
Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazonaThe Amazon kingfisher is about 30 cm (12 in) long.
American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aeneaThe American pygmy kingfisher is about 13 cm (5.1 in) long.
Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle indaThe green-and-rufous kingfisher is about 24 cm (9.4 in) long.
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