Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher
Tanysiptera elliotiSharpe, RB, 1870
English (US) Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher
The Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera ellioti) 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: Kofiau (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tanysiptera ellioti
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1870
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1870
- Type locality
- No locality.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869, pt.3 p.630
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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