| Black-capped 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. nigriceps
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| Binomial name | |
| Tanysiptera nigriceps Sclater, PL, 1877
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The black-capped paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera nigriceps) or black-headed paradise kingfisher, is a bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily, Halcyoninae. It is native to several islands in the Bismarck Archipelago to the east of New Guinea. Like all paradise kingfishers, this bird has colourful plumage with a red bill and long distinctive tail streamers.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tanysiptera nigriceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22725840A94903402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22725840A94903402.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.