Kingfishers

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

Chloroceryle inda

The Green-and-rufous Kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda) is a 52 g river bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Kingfishers

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

52 g

Habitat

Riverine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

14

Recorded in Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Guyana, Venezuela, Suriname, Bolivia, GF, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Honduras.

Where to see it: Rio Cristalino · listas históricas (Brazil); Refugio mixto Caño Negro (Costa Rica); Fredberg · Zintete Lodge (Suriname); Peperpot Nature Park (Suriname); Los Guatuzos Centro Ecológico y Río Papaturro (Nicaragua).

Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist