Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)

The Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina.  This large kingfisher breeds by streams.

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These birds have such a large range in South America you are bound to see them in any tropical rainforest near streams.  This one was in Cristalino.

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VIDEO

This one clearly has something to say – probably “Go away and let me eat in peace”!