The first photo of a female Amazon kingfisher was made by Dennis Binda in Suriname in August 2008. The second picture was made by Pascal Dubois in French Guyane (Côté Nature) of a male Amazon kingfisher, bigger than the resembling Green kingfisher and with no white in its wings. It is found mainly along the wider rivers in the interior of Suriname, where it hunts for fish from overhanging branches. There are five species of kingfishers in Suriname. This one is the second in magnitude.In general the bigger the kingfisher, the wider the river where it is found and the higher the branches it perches on. And because they have bigger bills, they bigger ones will in general also eat bigger fishes, I suppose. The bill is beautifully portrayed in the picture below made by Foek Chin Joe in Suriname of an immature male Amazon Kingfisher.
Each small square indicates the observation of at least one (group) of these birds, the medium ones at least 4 observations on different days and the largest ones 10 or more. The color of each square indicates: blue for coastal area, yellow for savanna and red for rainforest.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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More photos of birds in Suriname, owls via kingfishers to woodpeckers
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