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

# Green Kingfisher

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

- Scientific name: *Chloroceryle americana*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 17069
- Wikidata: [Q580159](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q580159)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2669](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2669)

## Names

- en: Green Kingfisher
- de: Grünfischer
- es: Martín pescador verde
- fr: Martin-pêcheur vert
- nl: Groene ijsvogel
- pt: Martim-pescador-pequeno
- pl: Rybaczek zielony

## Countries with the most observations

MX (5756), AR (1937), CR (1919), US (1909), BR (1722), CO (612), PA (537), EC (423), BZ (249), HN (223), PE (214), UY (158)

## Summary

The green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) is a species of "water kingfisher" in the subfamily Cerylinae of the family Alcedinidae. It is found from southern Texas in the United States south through Central America, and in every mainland South American country except Chile.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/338671745

## Machine access

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