Little Paradise Kingfisher
Tanysiptera hydrocharisGray, GR, 1858
English (US) Little Paradise Kingfisher
The Little Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera hydrocharis) 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: southern New Guinea (Merauke to Fly River), including Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Little Paradise Kingfisher
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1858
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1858
- Type locality
- Aru Islands.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.26, no.357 p.172
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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