Tanysiptera | |
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Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Coraciiformes |
Family | Alcedinidae Halcyoninae |
Genus | Tanysiptera |
Tanysiptera or paradise kingfishers, is a genus of tree kingfishers found in Australasia.
Species[]
There are eight species:
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher (Schlegel, 1871) (Tanysiptera carolinae) Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Sharpe, 1880) (Tanysiptera danae) Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher (Sharpe, 1870) (Tanysiptera ellioti) Common Paradise Kingfisher (Gray, 1859) (Tanysiptera galatea) Little Paradise Kingfisher (Gray, 1858) (Tanysiptera hydrocharis) Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Gray, 1840) (Tanysiptera nympha) Biak Paradise Kingfisher (Verreaux, 1866) (Tanysiptera riedelii) Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Gould, 1850) (Tanysiptera sylvia)