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'''Alternative name: White-tailed Kingfisher''' | '''Alternative name: White-tailed Kingfisher''' | ||
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[[Australasia]]: found in [[New Guinea]] and [[Queensland]]. | [[Australasia]]: found in [[New Guinea]] and [[Queensland]]. | ||
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[[Image:49168Buff-br Paradise-K fisher3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Julatten, Far North [[Queensland]], 1988]] | [[Image:49168Buff-br Paradise-K fisher3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=49168 Hans&Judy Beste]'''<br />Julatten, Far North [[Queensland]], 1988]] | ||
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*''T. s. salvadoriana'': | *''T. s. salvadoriana'': | ||
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:*Breeds north-eastern [[Australia]] (northern [[Queensland]]); winters in [[New Guinea]] | :*Breeds north-eastern [[Australia]] (northern [[Queensland]]); winters in [[New Guinea]] | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tanysiptera]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tanysiptera]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:19, 28 February 2023
Alternative name: White-tailed Kingfisher
- Tanysiptera sylvia
Identification
34cm
- Blue forehead, crown and shoulders
- Blue and black upperparts
- Yellow-apricot underparts
- Black eye band
- White lower rump
- Two long white central tail feathers
- Thick red bill
- Orange legs
Juvenile: duller with short tail feathers and a black bill
Distribution
Australasia: found in New Guinea and Queensland.
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized[1].
- T. s. salvadoriana:
- South-eastern New Guinea (Hall Sound to Kemp Welch River)
- T. s. sylvia:
- Breeds north-eastern Australia (northern Queensland); winters in New Guinea
Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher has recently been split from Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher.
Habitat
Dense tropical rainforests.
Behaviour
Breeding
They nest in ground-level termite mounds. The clutch consists of 3-4 white eggs which are incubated by both the adults both also feeding the young who fledge after 25 days.
Diet
The diet includes frogs, lizards and insects.
Vocalisation
Call: tcherwill, tcherwill.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2021. IOC World Bird List (v11.1). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.11.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Birdwatching Australia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Buff-breasted_Paradise_Kingfisher
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
