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Green-and-rufous Kingfisher - BirdForum Opus

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Pantanal, Brazil
Chloroceryle inda

Identification

24 cm
Adult Male

  • Dark glossy green upperparts
  • Narrow rufous line above lores
  • Pale yellow collar

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Nicaragua to northern Bolivia, eastern Paraguay and southern Brazil.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

They favour dark habitat along streams or inside forest ponds.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of fish, shrimps and crabs.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  3. BF Member observations

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