Chloroceryle americana

• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• Bibliography
• More Info
• Notes

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Vegetation: streams, freshwater lakes and ponds, rivers, tropical lowland evergreen forest, mangrove forests • Maximum Elevation: 2,000 meters • Foraging Strata: Understory/undergrowth • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).Mean = 286.050 meters (938.484 feet), Standard Deviation = 590.720 based on 2,132 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.7Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level 5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) 5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)

Biology

Diet

Mostly: Fish. Lesser Quantities of: Insects.

Reproduction

• Breeding Habitat : Wetland-open water
• Nest Location: N/A
• Nest Type: N/A
• Clutch Size: 3-6
• Length of Incubation : 19-21 days
• Days to Fledge : 22-26

Migration

Nonmigratory

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Chloroceryle americana (Gmelin) 1788
2. Chloroceryle americana (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005.

Similar Species

Belted Kingfisher, Ringed Kingfisher

Members of the genus Chloroceryle

There are approximately 19 species in this genus:

C. aenea (American Pygmy Kingfisher) · C. aenea aenea · C. aenea ssp · C. aenea stictoptera · C. amazona (Amazon Kingfisher) · C. amazona amazona · C. amazona mexicana · C. americana (Green Kingfisher) · C. americana americana (Green Kingfisher) · C. americana cabanisi · C. americana cabanisii · C. americana hachisukai (Green Kingfisher) · C. americana hellmayri (Green Kingfisher) · C. americana insularum · C. americana isthmica · C. americana mathewsii · C. americana septentrionalis (Green Kingfisher) · C. americana viridis · C. inda (Green-And-Rufous Kingfisher)

Bibliography

• Alsop, Fred J. III. Birds of North America - Eastern Region. First American Edition. Smithsonian Handbooks. DK Publishing, Inc. 2001.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
• BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
• BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
• Dickinson, E.C. (Editor) (2003): The Howard and Moore Complete Check-List of the Birds of the World, edition 3rd Edition, Christopher Helm
• Ehrlich, P., Dobkin, D., and Wheye, D. (1988). The Birders Handbook: A Field Guide to the Natural History of North American Birds. New York: Simon and Schuster Inc. (info on clutch size, length of incubation, days to fledge and number of broods.)
• Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc. (Length and wingspan info.)

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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 26, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 26, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM, CNAV/Coleccion Nacional de Aves
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3853753
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-178115
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13822125
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 178112
• IUCN ID: 47750
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: ABNXD02020
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 178147

Footnotes

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