Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

The Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Red-breasted Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-breasted_Paradise-kingfisher The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. More

This restricted-range Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera nympha is mysteriously absent from many seemingly suitable forested localities within the Vogelkop lowlands, and could be the highlight of a birding excursion around Sorong. Copyright © Ashley Banwell Vogelkop lowlands = The lowlands of the Vogelkop or Bird's Head peninsula still support extensive tracts of alluvial and foothill forest, inhabited by a wonderfully varied and colorful avifauna. More