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Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher
Tanysiptera sylviaGould, 1850
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- Order
- CORACIIFORMES
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Tanysiptera
At a glance
The Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher is a medium-sized bird, about 22–23 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 22–23 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher look like?
The Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher is a medium-sized bird, about 22–23 cm long and weighing 38–61 g.
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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher?
The Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
Call
jimchurches · Cairns QLD, Australia
Call
jimchurches · Barron Gorge QLD 4870, Australia
Call
Steve Fitzgerald · Cairns QLD, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher eat?
The Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher feeds on terrestrial invertebrates, usually foraging in pairs or alone.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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