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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Amazon Kingfisher	Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher
الاسم العلمي	Chloroceryle amazona	Tanysiptera nigriceps
الرتبة	Coraciiformes	Coraciiformes
الفصيلة	Alcedinidae	Alcedinidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	—	—
طول الجناح	26,1 cm (10.3 in)	19,0 cm (7.5 in)
الوزن	121,0 g (4.27 oz)	53,9 g (1.90 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	3-4	2-4
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

Amazon Kingfisher only

🌿 Wetland 🏖️ Coastal

Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher only

🌲 Forest

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Amazon Kingfisher

Least Concern

Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher

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About These Birds

Amazon Kingfisher

The Amazon Kingfisher is a large green-and-white kingfisher weighing 121 g with a 26.1 cm wingspan, perching over rivers and lakes across tropical America. It plunges headfirst into water to catch fish, making it one of the most visible birds along Amazonian waterways.

Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher

The Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher is a spectacularly ornate kingfisher with a black head, vivid turquoise-blue upperparts, white underparts, and extraordinarily long white tail streamers. It inhabits lowland and hill rainforests of the Bismarck Archipelago, including New Britain and Manus, in Papua New Guinea. It hunts insects, lizards, and earthworms in the forest understory, often diving to the ground to capture prey.

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