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American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

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Field Notes

Description:

Very small kingfisher from the Tropical America. they like perching in small branches by calm waters where they cash tiny fish or crayfish

Habitat:

Dense forest and wetlands.In Costa Rica we can find it in Tortuguero, Corcovado, Caño Negro wetlands.

Notes:

Picture taken in the limits in between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

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PublishedOctober 24, 2017

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