Known from the discs' own bird lists
Amazon Kingfisher
chloroceryle amazona
Alcedinidae,Alcedininae
- Disc 2 · 2001 listed
- Disc 3 · 2006 listed
- Disc 1 · 2011 listed
The detailed account of this bird below comes from Disc 1 · 2011. The other discs list the bird but carry no account of it, and none is invented here.
From the original Disc 1 · 2011 revision
Detailed account — Disc 1 · 2011
This detailed account first appears in the 2011 Disc 1 revision; the earlier releases have no account for this bird.
Description Disc 1 · 2011
30 cm. The male's upperparts are oily green with a white band across the hindneck; underparts white with a broad chestnut band across the lower throat and breast; wing feathers lacking white spots.
The female is similar, but the chestnut band is replaced by green spots.
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Male Disc 1 · 2011 -
Female Disc 1 · 2011
Each plate is labelled with the disc's own caption.
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Song a loud "jit..jet..jut..jut..jut..jut.."; calls a high pitched "tchik...tchik...tchik....tchidi-chichichick.."
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Hunts fish and crustacea from a perch.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Nests in a river bank.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Quite common in most locations along large rivers, lake shores, lagoons, mangroves and tidal estuaries at the coast. Mainly below 1200 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
Large size, no white spots on wings, and very little white in tail characterizes this species.
The Disc 2 · 2001 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
The Disc 3 · 2006 contains no detailed account for this bird (its 2011 account is shown above). None is invented here.
Vocalizations
Each disc's own recording entries are shown under that disc's label. A player appears only where the recording's file survives on a preserved disc.
Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 117935 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 77709 Disc 1 · 2011
Which discs list this bird
- Disc 2 · 2001 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 3 · 2006 — in this disc's bird list
- Disc 1 · 2011 — in this disc's bird list
How that was established
- Disc 2 · 2001
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 3 · 2006
aux_nonzero;local_checklist_byte45_flag_1- Disc 1 · 2011
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The disc's own record fields that place the bird on its list: a non-empty entry in the species table, and the byte that marks it as selected on a local checklist.
Historical checklist participation
Disc 2 · 2001
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; CASB.CKD; FASB.CKD; ILSB.CKD; ITSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MOSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; UBSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd