Known from the discs' own bird lists
American Pygmy Kingfisher
chloroceryle aenea
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
13. cm. The male has black lores with a narrow rufous supraloral line and collar; head and upperparts dark glossy green; tail blue green; golden spots and tips on the upperwing coverts; chin and throat rufous, deeper on breast and flanks; center of belly and undertail coverts white; bill black, base of maxilla pale yellow.
The female has a dark green breast band with white tips of feathers.
The immature has buffy spots on the wings.
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Female Disc 1 · 2011 -
Male Disc 1 · 2011
Each plate is labelled with the disc's own caption.
The account, continued
Voice Disc 1 · 2011
Song a descending "zi..zi..zi..zi..zi..zi.. zi.." (example # 4), call a brief "tick".
Behavior Disc 1 · 2011
Dives for small fish, tadpoles and insects from a low perch.
Breeding Disc 1 · 2011
Nests in river banks.
Habitat and status Disc 1 · 2011
Uncommon and local along small rivers, brooks and pools with dense overhanging vegetation in primary or secondary forests, swamps, mangroves.
Distribution Disc 1 · 2011
More common in the northern part of southeast Brazil. In Estado São Paulo recorded from Cananeia, Teodoro Sampaio (119).
Taxonomy notes Disc 1 · 2011
The smallest kingfisher, has a white belly in contrast to Chloroceryle inda.
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 59898 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 59898 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 106459 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 25631 Disc 1 · 2011
Macaulay 48182 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: ILSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBRAZIL.CKD; SEBZ_D1.CKD
Disc 3 · 2006
Selected on local checklists: ILSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd
Disc 1 · 2011
Selected on local checklists: ILSB.CKD; JUSB.CKD; PJSB.CKD; RERB.CKD; SRRB.CKD
Listed on product/edition lists: SEBZ_D1.CKD; Sebrazil.ckd