BirdUp · Species
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
Tanysiptera sylviaGould, 1850
Native
- Order
- CORACIIFORMES
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Tanysiptera
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The buff-breasted paradise kingfisher 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. Like all paradise kingfishers, this bird has colourful plumage with a red bill, buff breast and distinctive long tail streamers.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North-central, south-central and south-east New Guinea and north-east Australia
- Non-breeding range
- To New Guinea
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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