Known from the discs' own bird lists
Green Kingfisher
chloroceryle americana
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
20 cm. The male's upperparts are green with a white band across hindneck; underparts white with a broad chestnut band across the lower throat and breast; white spotting on the wing feathers; tail green, the outer rectrices black with distinct white patches on the basal half.
The female has two green interrupted bands across throat and breast.
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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
A sequence of "zek" sounds. Song a twittered descending sequence of whistles "kli..kli..kli..kli..kli..."(30).
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Dives for small fish from a perch.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
November. Nests in a river bank, 1-3 meters above water level.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Common in borders of rivers and lakes, brooks and pools in forest, marshes and coastal lagoons. Most common below 1000 meters.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
Throughout.
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
Small size, white spotting on wings and more white on sides of tail than Chloroceryle amazona.
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
Reserva Biologica A. Ruschi, Nova Lombardia, Espiritu Santo, 09/11/1997. Recorded by Jeremy Minns. 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; FASB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; STSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; STSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: BOSB.CKD; FASB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; MRRB.CKD; PARB.CKD; PASB.CKD; PCSB.CKD; PESB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; RIRB.CKD; SDTC.CKD; SRSB.CKD; SSSB.CKD; STSB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd