American Pygmy Kingfisher
A species of American Green Kingfishers Scientific name : Chloroceryle aenea Genus : American Green Kingfishers
American Pygmy Kingfisher, A species of American Green Kingfishers
Botanical name: Chloroceryle aenea
Genus: American Green Kingfishers
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Description
The American pygmy kingfisher is 13 cm (5.1 in) long and weighs 10–16 g (0.35–0.56 oz). It has the typical kingfisher shape, with a short tail and long bill. It is oily green above, with a yellow-orange collar around the neck, rufous underparts and a white belly. The female has a narrow green breast band. Young birds resemble the adults, but have paler rufous underparts, no breast band, and speckled wings and flanks. The nominate southern C. a. aenea has two lines of white spots on the wings, while the northern C. a. stictoptera has three or four lines of spots and a concealed white patch of feathers on the undertail. The two forms intergrade in central Costa Rica. The call is a gives a weak tik or stony cht cht. 
Size
13 cm
Feeding Habits
American Pygmy Kingfisher, a skillful hunter, predominantly feeds on small fish, tadpoles, juvenile frogs, and insects, using swift dives and precise beak strikes to capture prey mainly during dawn and dusk, exhibiting specialized feeding behaviors adapted to its aquatic environment.
Habitat
American Pygmy Kingfisher typically inhabits dense tropical habitats including forests and mangrove swamps, favoring areas along small streams or rivers with lush vegetated banks. This species is preferably found in shaded locales, such as dense gallery forests and rainforests, often near ditches in plantations, open waters in swamps, and tidal channels in mangroves. American Pygmy Kingfisher is predominantly associated with closed canopy habitats as opposed to open shorelines, with its altitude range extending from sea-level up to 2600 meters.
Dite type
Piscivorous
General Info
Distribution Area
This tiny kingfisher occurs in dense forests and mangrove swamps along small streams or rivers with heavily vegetated banks. The unlined nest is in a horizontal tunnel up to 40 cm (16 in) long made in a river bank, earth heap, or occasionally an arboreal termite nest. The female lays three, sometimes four, white eggs. American pygmy kingfishers perch quietly on a low branch close to water before plunging in head first after small fish or tadpoles. They will also hawk for insects. They are not shy, but easily overlooked as they sit silently amongst riverside branches.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
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