Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

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Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher	Home Bird Orders
	White-tailed Kingfisher	Alternate name
	Tanysiptera sylvia	Scientific name
	Coraciiformes	Order
	Dacelonidae	Family
	29-35 cm	Length
	Moist forest, rivers, streams, creeks up to 1,560 m, in:- [Austrailia:- Queensland] [Indonesia:- New Guinea] [Melanesia:- Papua New Guinea, (Bismark:- New Britain)] Island of New Guinea,	Habitat-Altitude-Range
	3 white eggs, incubation 25 days, fledging 27 days. Nests in termite mound. Source	Clutch
	Reptiles, amphibians & insects.	Food
	Nesting pairs are sometimes assisted by an extra male.	Habits
	1147	World Number
	Least Concern	Status

Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher song (Tanysiptera sylvia nigriceps)Frank Lambert XC24667
19-07-2008, Papua New Guinea

VIDEO BY bajabaja808 © all rights reserved
05 February 2008

IMG_6175 Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia)

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