Green Kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
Family: Kingfishers
Green Kingfisher is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Both members of a pair excavate a nest burrow, almost always in an earthen bank of a stream or river. It is up to 1 m (3 ft) long with a small nest chamber at the end.
The incubation period is 19 to 21 days; usually the female incubates at night and the parents alternate during the day.
It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and weighs about 35 to 40 g (1.2 to 1.4 oz); females are larger and heavier than males.