American green kingfisher

The American green kingfishers are the kingfisher genus Chloroceryle, which are native to tropical Central and South America, with one species extending north to south Texas.

American green kingfishers
Green-and-rufous kingfisher in Bolivia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Cerylinae
Genus: Chloroceryle
Kaup, 1848
Type species
Alcedo superciliosa =Alcedo aenea
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

C. amazona
C. americana
C. inda
C. aenea

Phylogeny
Chloroceryle

Amazon kingfisher

American pygmy kingfisher

Green-and-rufous kingfisher

Green kingfisher

Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017)
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