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Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana
Family
Kingfishers
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
grnkin, GKIN, GRKI
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyKingfishers (Alcedinidae)
SpeciesChloroceryle americana
Codesgrnkin, GKIN, GRKI
Identification

The Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) is a member of the Kingfishers family within the order Coraciiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code grnkin when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Green Kingfisher photo
(c) José Antonio Linage Espinosa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by José Antonio Linage Espinosa

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Chloroceryle americana

Family: Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: grnkin