Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
Tanysiptera nymphaGray, GR, 1840
English (US) Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
The Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) 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: locally in mangroves and forest of New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tanysiptera nympha
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1840
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Tanysiptera Nympha
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1840
- Type locality
- New Guinea = The Vogelkop.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.6, no.36 p.238
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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