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| | [[Image:Brown-headed_paradise-kingfisher_by_Mark_Harper.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Mark+Harper|Mark Harper}}<br />Varirata, [[Papua New Guinea]], September 2008]] | | [[Image:Brown-headed_paradise-kingfisher_by_Mark_Harper.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Photo by {{user|Mark+Harper|Mark Harper}}<br />Varirata, [[Papua New Guinea]], September 2008]] |
| | + | '''Alternative names: Brown-backed Paradise Kingfisher; Ruddy Racquet-tail''' |
| | ;[[:Category:Tanysiptera|Tanysiptera]] danae | | ;[[:Category:Tanysiptera|Tanysiptera]] danae |
| | ==Identification== | | ==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. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | [[Australasia]]: found in south-eastern [[New Guinea]] (Aroa River to Waria River). | + | Endemic to south-eastern [[New Guinea]] (Aroa River to Waria River).<br /> |
| | + | Patchily distributed. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br /> |
| | + | Forms a superspecies with [[Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher]]. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | Temperate and moist forests. | + | Temperate and moist forests. Most common between 500 and 1000m. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Feeds on insects.<br /> |
| | + | Perches usually higher up in the forest than [[Common Paradise Kingfisher]].<br /> |
| | + | No information about breeding.<br /> |
| | + | Presumably a sedentary species. |
| | ==References== | | ==References== |
| - | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}} | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#{{Ref-HBWVol6}} |
| | {{ref}} | | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
Current revision
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
- 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.
- 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
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