From: Donald Mathis
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Ringeded Kingfisher (1)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 06:42:00 -0500
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The green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) is a species of "water kingfishers" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found from southern Texas in the United States south through Central America, in every mainland South American country except Chile, and on Trinidad and Tobago. The prey of green kingfisher is mostly small fish but includes crustaceans such as shrimp and also adult and nymph aquatic and terrestrial insects.
Order: Coraciiformes > Family: Alcedinidae > Subfamily: Cerylinae > Genus: Chloroceryle > Species: Chloroceryle americana