Birds of the World

    CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)  
Genus: Tanysiptera (9 species)


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Numfor Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera carolinae) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Numfor (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
 



Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher
Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae)
Range: AU: se New Guinea
Varirata National Park, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera ellioti) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Kofiau (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea)
 



Common Paradise Kingfisher
Common Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea minor)
Range: AU: Moluccas and New Guinea
Elevala River, Papua New Guinea  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

Common Paradise Kingfisher
Common Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea browningi)
Range: AU: Moluccas and New Guinea
Sidangoli, Halmahera, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Little Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera hydrocharis)
Range: AU: Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and sc New Guinea
 



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Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nigriceps)
Range: AU: New Britain group (se Bismarck Arch.)
 



Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha)
Range: AU: Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea) and disjunctly in ne (Adelbert Range, Huon Pen. and Huon Gulf) New Guinea
Malagufuk, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by David Cook     Copyright and usage info


Biak Paradise Kingfisher
Biak Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera riedelii) Near Threatened
Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)
Biak, West Papua, Indonesia  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia sylvia)
Range: AU: nc, sc, se New Guinea and ne Australia
Australia  
 
Photograph by Brian McCauley     Copyright and usage info



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