Male © Carlos Echeverría eBird S33606757 Macaulay Library ML 64360681
Female © Luke Seitz
Female © Dorian Anderson
Female © Tim Lenz

Amazonski vodomar Chloroceryle amazona

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Identification

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Medium-sized kingfisher of tropical lowlands. Found singly or in pairs, along rivers and at the edges of ponds and lakes, often perched on wires or bare snags. Mainly flies low over the water. Size similar to Belted Kingfisher, but black bill much more massive and crest more tufted. Also differs from Belted in its dark oily-green head and upperparts. Green Kingfisher is much smaller with bold white spots and bars on the wings.

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