| Biak paradise kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Tanysiptera |
| Species: | T. riedelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Tanysiptera riedelii Verreaux, 1866
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The Biak paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera riedelii) is a tree kingfisher that is endemic to the Indonesian island of Biak which is one of a small group of islands located in Cenderawasih Bay near the northern coast of Papua. This bird has a turquoise-blue back with a white belly and tail streamers and a reddish beak. Its natural habitat is forests and the IUCN has assessed its conservation status as being "near-threatened".
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tanysiptera riedelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683587A92990676. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683587A92990676.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.