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The buff-breasted paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) is a bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily, Halcyoninae. It is native to Australia and New Guinea . It migrates in November from New Guinea to its breeding grounds in the rainforest of North Queensland , Australia.
Most species of paradise kingfishers are commonly observed in their natural habitat within the interior forests of New Guinea. [7] However, the species itself has been known to be attracted to rivers and coasts and they demonstrate an ability to fly over large bodies of water, which is observed in the Buff-Breasted paradise kingfisher that migrates to Queensland, Australia during breeding ...
Ruddy kingfisher: east and southeast Asia. Halcyon smyrnensis: White-breasted kingfisher: from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to China and Taiwan. Halcyon gularis: Brown-breasted kingfisher: the Philippines Halcyon cyanoventris: Javan kingfisher: Java and Bali Halcyon badia: Chocolate-backed kingfisher: western Sub-Saharan ...
The black-capped paradise kingfisher has sometimes been considered as a subspecies as the buff-breasted paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia). [4] [5] There are two subspecies: [6] T. n. leucura Neumann, 1915 – Umboi Island in the Bismarck Archipelago; T. n. nigriceps Sclater, PL, 1877 – New Britain and Duke of York Island in the ...
Little paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera hydrocharis Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher , Tanysiptera sylvia Black-capped paradise kingfisher , Tanysiptera nigriceps
The sacred kingfisher is mostly blue-green to turquoise above with white underparts and collar feathers, a black mask and buff lores.Both sexes are similar, but females are usually greener, duller and less buff beneath, and juveniles have buff or mottled brown edges on the collar, underparts and upper-wing coverts.
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The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) is a species of kingfisher that has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.