page_title: List of birds of Panama
section_title: Kingfishers
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Panama / Kingfishers
caption_attribution_description: American Pygmy Kingfisher -- Camino del Oleoducto, Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama -- 2008 January
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Panama. The avifauna of Panama included a total of 994 species as of December 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Nine additional species have been added through eBird through June 2020. Of the 1003 species, 170 are rare or accidental and six have been introduced by humans. Seven are endemic.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species on this list are considered to occur regularly in Panama as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The tags and notes of population status are from Bird Checklists of the World.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Panama
  Endemic - a species endemic to Panama
context_section_description: Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae
  Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
  Ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquatus
  Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon
  Amazon kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona
  American pygmy kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea
  Green kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana
  Green-and-rufous kingfisher, Chloroceryle inda
caption: American pygmy kingfisher, Soberanía National Park. A shy bird of forest streams and mangroves.
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