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Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americanaOrder: CORACIIFORMESFamily: Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Green Kingfisher Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

  • Bill Shape: Dagger
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Plain, Crested or plumed, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Dark-green
  • Forehead Color: White with black spotting.
  • Nape Color: Dark-green
  • Throat Color: White
  • Cere color: No Data
Green Kingfisher Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

  • Length Range: 19-22 cm (7.5-8.75 in)
  • Weight: 37 g (1.3 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Green, White, Rufous or Rust
  • Underparts: Red-brown and white with some black spotting.
  • Upperparts: Dark Green
  • Back Pattern: No Data
  • Belly Pattern: No Data
  • Breast Pattern: No Data
Green Kingfisher Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Rapid buzzing direct flight.
  • Wingspan Range: 28-33 cm (11-13 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Rounded Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Blue-gray
  • Under Tail: White with black spotting.
  • Leg Color: Gray
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Family
Species Chloroceryle americana
Length7.5 - 8.75 Inches
Wingspan12 Inches

Green Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher: Small kingfisher, dark green head, back, and wings, white chin, collar, rufous breast band, white belly with black spots. Black bill is long and straight. Legs and feet are gray. Feeds mostly on small fish taken in dives and aquatic insects, amphibians. Direct flight.

● Song: "tick-tick", "cheep"

● Foraging & Feeding: Green Kingfisher: Hunts from low perches along the edge of the water or from rocks in the water. Feeds primarily on small fish, insects, and amphibians taken by plunge diving.

● Breeding & nesting: Green Kingfisher: Three to six white eggs are laid in a nest made of grass and built in a burrow 2 to 3 feet deep, usually in a stream bank. Incubation ranges from 19 to 21 days and is carried out by both parents.

● Similar species: Green Kingfisher: Belted and Ringed kingfishers are larger with blue-gray upperparts and head.

Flight Pattern

Rapid buzzing direct flight.
Green Kingfisher Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Green Kingfisher: Uncommon and local in southern Texas; rare to casual in southeastern Arizona; has recently begun nesting locally in south Arizona, spreading north from Mexico. Preferred habitats include small, clear streams, quiet pools, and backwaters.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationUncommon and local in southern Texas, Rare to casual in southeastern Arizona
MigrationNonmigratory
Weight1.3 Ounces