Paradise kingfisher

Paradise kingfishers

Brown-headed paradise kingfisher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Subfamily:	Halcyoninae
Genus:	Tanysiptera Vigors, 1825
Species
see list

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The paradise kingfishers (genus Tanysiptera) are a group of tree kingfishers found in Australasia. There are eight species:

Little paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera hydrocharis
Common paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera galatea
Kofiau paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera ellioti
Biak paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera riedelii
Numfor paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera carolinae
Red-breasted paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera nympha
Brown-headed paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera danae
Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher, Tanysiptera sylvia

Tree kingfishers

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae Subfamily: Halcyoninae

Lacedo	Banded kingfisher (L. pulchella)

Dacelo	Laughing kookaburra (D. novaeguineae) Blue-winged kookaburra (D. leachii) Spangled kookaburra (D. tyro) Rufous-bellied kookaburra (D. gaudichaud)

Clytoceyx	Shovel-billed kookaburra (C. rex)

Cittura	Lilac kingfisher (C. cyanotis)

Pelargopsis	Brown-winged kingfisher (P. amauroptera) Stork-billed kingfisher (P. capensis) Great-billed kingfisher (P. melanorhyncha)

Halcyon	Ruddy kingfisher (H. coromanda) Chocolate-backed kingfisher (H. badia) White-throated kingfisher (H. smyrnensis) Grey-headed kingfisher (H. leucocephala) Black-capped kingfisher (H. pileata) Javan kingfisher (H. cyanoventris) Woodland kingfisher (H. senegalensis) Mangrove kingfisher (H. senegaloides) Blue-breasted kingfisher (H. malimbica) Brown-hooded kingfisher (H. albiventris) Striped kingfisher (H. chelicuti)

Todiramphus	Blue-black kingfisher (T. nigrocyaneus) Winchell's kingfisher (T. winchelli) Blue-and-white kingfisher (T. diops) Lazuli kingfisher (T. lazuli) Forest kingfisher (T. macleayii) White-mantled kingfisher (T. albonotatus) Ultramarine kingfisher (T. leucopygius) Vanuatu kingfisher (T. farquhari) Red-backed kingfisher (T. pyrrhopygia) Flat-billed kingfisher (T. recurvirostris) Guam kingfisher (T. cinnamominus) Pohnpei kingfisher (T. reichenbachii) Rusty-capped kingfisher (T. pelewensis) Collared kingfisher (T. chloris) Pacific kingfisher (T. sacer) Melanesian kingfisher (T. tristrami) Islet kingfisher (T. colonus) Mariana kingfisher (T. albicilla) Torresian kingfisher (T. sordidus) Sombre kingfisher (T. funebris) Talaud kingfisher (T. enigma) Beach kingfisher (T. saurophaga) Cinnamon-banded kingfisher (T. australasia) Sacred kingfisher (T. sanctus) Society kingfisher (T. veneratus) Mewing kingfisher (T. ruficollaris) Chattering kingfisher (T. tuta) Marquesan kingfisher (T. godeffroyi) Mangareva kingfisher (T. gambieri) Niau kingfisher (T. gertrudae)

Caridonax	Glittering kingfisher (C. fulgidus)

Melidora	Hook-billed kingfisher (M. macrorrhina)

Actenoides	Moustached kingfisher (A. bougainvillei) Rufous-collared kingfisher (A. concretus) Spotted wood kingfisher (A. lindsayi) Hombron's kingfisher (A. hombroni) Green-backed kingfisher (A. monachus) Scaly-breasted kingfisher (A. princeps)

Syma	Yellow-billed kingfisher (S. torotoro) Mountain kingfisher (S. megarhyncha)

Tanysiptera	Little paradise kingfisher (T. hydrocharis) Common paradise kingfisher (T. galatea) Kofiau paradise kingfisher (T. ellioti) Biak paradise kingfisher (T. riedelii) Numfor paradise kingfisher (T. carolinae) Red-breasted paradise kingfisher (T. nympha) Brown-headed paradise kingfisher (T. danae) Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher (T. sylvia)

56 to 61 living species in 12 genera

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