X-Nico

unusual facts about Amazon Kingfisher


Amazon Kingfisher

The Amazon Kingfisher resembles the Green Kingfisher which shares its range, but it is much larger than its relative, and three to four times as heavy.



see also

American green kingfisher

The Ringed Kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata, a more distant relative, also occurs on the same rivers, but is twice as heavy as the Amazon Kingfisher.