Paradise kingfisher
Paradise kingfishers | |
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Brown-headed paradise kingfisher | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: | Tanysiptera Vigors, 1825 |
Species | |
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The paradise kingfishers (genus Tanysiptera) are a group of tree kingfishers found in Australasia. There are eight species:
- Little paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Common paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera galatea
- Kofiau paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera ellioti
- Biak paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera riedelii
- Numfor paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera carolinae
- Red-breasted paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera nympha
- Brown-headed paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera danae
- Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera sylvia
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