Alcedinidae

Chloroceryle amazona Photo by Lip Kee (Flickr) Common name: Amazon kingfisher (en); martim-pescador-verde (pt); martin-pêcheur d’Amazonie (fr); martín pescador amazónico (es); Amazonasfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is found in South America, east of the Andes, from central Argentina to Venezuela, and then north into Central America up to northern Mexico….

Alcedo argentata Photo by Micky Lim (Oriental Bird Images) Common name: silvery kingfisher (en); guarda-rios-prateado (pt); martin-pêcheur argenté (fr); martín pescador plateado (es); silberfischer (de) Taxonomy: Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae Range: This species is endemic to The Philippines, with two distinc subspecies being found in different island. A. argentata flumenicola is found on Samar, Leyte…