Numfor Paradise Kingfisher
Tanysiptera carolinaeSchlegel, H, 1871
English (US) Numfor Paradise Kingfisher
The Numfor Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera carolinae) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: Numfor (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tanysiptera carolinae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Numfor Paradise Kingfisher
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanysiptera Carolinae
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1871
- Type locality
- Mafor.
- Original description
- Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 4 p.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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