Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher | |
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Information | |
Common Name | Fairy Paradise Kingfisher |
Range | Papua New Guinea |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Coraciiformes |
Family | Alcedinidae Halcyoninae |
Genus | Tanysiptera |
Species | Tanysiptera nympha |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Red-breasted paradise kingfisher or fairy paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha), is a species of tree kingfisher in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Description[]
It reaches a size of up to 23 cm. It has a red bill, blue forehead, a reddish body with blue-black wings. Its tail is bluish.