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title: "Rybaczek mały"
description: "Chloroceryle aenea — Ptaki. The American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) is a species of \"water kingfisher\" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/american-pygmy-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rybaczek mały

> Chloroceryle aenea — Ptaki. The American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae.

- Scientific name: *Chloroceryle aenea*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki)
- iNaturalist observations: 2724
- Wikidata: [Q588267](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q588267)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2676](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2676)

## Names

- en: American Pygmy Kingfisher
- de: Erzfischer
- es: Martín pescador enano
- fr: Martin-pêcheur nain
- nl: Groene dwergijsvogel
- pt: Martim-pescador-anão
- pl: Rybaczek mały

## Countries with the most observations

MX (639), CR (575), PA (272), BR (270), BZ (181), CO (113), PE (94), EC (87), GT (63), HN (60), TT (48), GF (45)

## Summary

The American pygmy kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America into every mainland South American country except Chile and Uruguay. It also occurs on Trinidad.

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

## Photo

![Rybaczek mały](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-pygmy-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Irene · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/311116033

## Machine access

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