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Photo by Mark Harper
Varirata, Papua New Guinea, September 2008

Alternative names: Brown-backed Paradise Kingfisher; Ruddy Racquet-tail

Tanysiptera danae

[edit] Identification

28-30cm.

• Rufous-brown crown and back
• Bright pink rump
• Blue wing-coverts
• Pink chin and throat
• Richer deep pink breast and abdomen
• Paler flanks and uppertail-coverts
• Purplish-blue uppertail
• Central tail feathers 9cm longer than rest and with white tips
• Red bill
• Dark brown eye

Female with buff chin and throat. Juveniles with browner crown, olive-brown upperparts, scaly underparts and an orange bill with a brown base.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to south-eastern New Guinea (Aroa River to Waria River).
Patchily distributed.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Forms a superspecies with Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher.

[edit] Habitat

Temperate and moist forests. Most common between 500 and 1000m.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds on insects.
Perches usually higher up in the forest than Common Paradise Kingfisher.
No information about breeding.
Presumably a sedentary species.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and J Sargatal, eds. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334306

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID