American pygmy kingfisher
| American pygmy kingfisher | |
|---|---|
| Male C. aenea stictoptera in Panama | |
| Female C. aenea stictoptera in Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
| Genus: | Chloroceryle |
| Species: | C. aenea |
| Binomial name | |
| Chloroceryle aenea (Pallas, 1764) | |
| resident range | |
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The American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America into every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It also occurs on Trinidad.