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| − | [[Image:Numfor_Paradise_Kingfisher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate <br/> Taken at Numfor, Papua, Indonesia | + | [[Image:Numfor_Paradise_Kingfisher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by mehdhalaouate <br/> Taken at Numfor, Papua, Indonesia]] |
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
36-40 cm including the streamers or the tail-feathers. | 36-40 cm including the streamers or the tail-feathers. | ||
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Island of [[Numfor]] in the Geelvink bay. | Island of [[Numfor]] in the Geelvink bay. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Monotypic. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Swampy forests | Swampy forests | ||
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{{GSearch|Tanysiptera+carolinae}} | {{GSearch|Tanysiptera+carolinae}} | ||
*[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=15&bid=104 View more images of this species on the ABID] | *[http://www.aviceda.org/abid/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&fid=15&bid=104 View more images of this species on the ABID] | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 19 July 2008
- Tanysiptera carolinae
Identification
36-40 cm including the streamers or the tail-feathers.
Distribution
Island of Numfor in the Geelvink bay.
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Swampy forests
Behaviour
It nests in termitaria.
Diet includes insects, crickets and spiders taken from the forest floor.
