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Red-breasted paradise kingfisher

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Red-breasted paradise kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Tanysiptera
Species:
T. nympha
Binomial name
Tanysiptera nympha
G.R. Gray, 1840

The red-breasted paradise kingfisher or fairy paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tanysiptera nympha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683597A92991207. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683597A92991207.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.