Red-breasted paradise kingfisher

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Red-breasted paradise kingfisher
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Tanysiptera
Species:
T. nympha
Binomial name
Tanysiptera nympha
G.R. Gray, 1840

The red-breasted paradise kingfisher or fairy paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Tanysiptera nympha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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