Chloroceryle inda
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The green-and-rufous kingfisher (Chloroceryle inda) is a species of "water kingfisher" in subfamily Cerylinae of family Alcedinidae. It is found in the American tropics from Nicaragua to Panama and in every mainland South American country except Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.
The first formal description of the green-and-rufous kingfisher was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the 12th edition of his Systema Naturae. He coined the binomial name Alcedo inda. Linnaeus based his description on George Edwards's "Spotted King's-Fisher" but mistakenly gave the type locality as India occidentali instead of Guiana. Linnaeus's specific epithet inda is from the Latin Indus for India. The current genus Chloroceryle was erected by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2006 found that the green-and-rufous kingfisher is a sister species to the smaller green kingfisher (C. americana). The green-and-rufous kingfisher is about 24 cm (9.4 in) long. Males weigh 40 to 60... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 2 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 4 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Tortuguero National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tambopata National Reserve | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 8 | Manu National Park | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | Darién National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 10 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 11 | Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Bastimentos Island National Marine Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 13 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 14 | La Amistad International Park (Panama) | 🇵🇦 Panama |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Green-and-rufous Kingfisher sighting in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, based on 161 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 153rd most-seen of the 348 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Green-and-rufous Kingfisher in Tortuguero National Park on a given day, against under 5% in July to February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Green-and-rufous Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
6th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Green-and-rufous Kingfisher sightings, Tortuguero National Park ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve (Ecuador, about 30%), Yasuní National Park (Ecuador, about 20%) and Amacayacu National Natural Park (Colombia, about 10%).
Same genus: Chloroceryle
The closest relatives of the Green-and-rufous Kingfisher that you can see in Tortuguero National Park (genus Chloroceryle, American Green Kingfishers) are Amazon Kingfisher (about 40%), Green Kingfisher (about 20%) and American Pygmy Kingfisher (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Tortuguero National Park (161 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
