Brown-headed paradise kingfisher

Brown-headed paradise kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Tanysiptera
Species:
T. danae
Binomial name
Tanysiptera danae
Sharpe, 1880

The brown-headed paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae), also known as the russet paradise kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the lowland forest in the Bird's Tail Peninsula (Papua New Guinea). Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Like all paradise kingfishers this bird has colourful plumage with a red bill and distinctive long tail streamers. No subspecies are distinguished.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Tanysiptera danae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683602A92991371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683602A92991371.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.