---
title: "Amazon Kingfisher"
description: "Chloroceryle amazona — Birds. The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a species of \"water kingfisher\" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/amazon-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Amazon Kingfisher

> Chloroceryle amazona — Birds. The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae.

- Scientific name: *Chloroceryle amazona*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 9770
- Wikidata: [Q456421](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456421)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2679](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2679)

## Names

- en: Amazon Kingfisher
- de: Amazonasfischer
- es: Martí­n pescador amazónico
- fr: Martin-pêcheur d'Amazonie
- nl: Amazoneijsvogel
- pt: Martim-pescador-verde
- pl: Rybaczek amazoński

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2592), CR (1557), MX (1106), AR (985), CO (812), PE (476), PA (419), EC (232), BO (181), HN (176), NI (116), GF (103)

## Summary

The Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_kingfisher

## Photo

![Amazon Kingfisher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/amazon-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/133831715

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/amazon-kingfisher?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).