Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquatus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea (A)
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