American green kingfisher
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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.
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American green kingfishers | |
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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[1] =Alcedo aenea Linnaeus, 1766 | |
Species | |
C. amazona |
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Phylogeny |
Cladogram based on Andersen et al. (2017)[2] |