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paradise-kingfisher

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  • Tanysiptera galatea, the common paradise-kingfisher, is an arresting bird with the unmistakably huge head and the trowel-like beak characteristic of kingfishers generally.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • As an example, he mentioned the paradise-kingfisher group of species—Tanysiptera galatea and others—on mainland New Guinea and its satellite islands.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Tanysiptera galatea, the common paradise-kingfisher, is an arresting bird with the unmistakably huge head and the trowel-like beak characteristic of kingfishers generally.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • As an example, he mentioned the paradise-kingfisher group of species—Tanysiptera galatea and others—on mainland New Guinea and its satellite islands.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Numfor harbors a distinct species within the paradise-kingfisher group, Tanysiptera carolinae.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Numfor harbors a distinct species within the paradise-kingfisher group, Tanysiptera carolinae.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • Family Common Name Species Megapodiidae Red-billed brush-turkey Talegalla cuvieri Loriidae Striated lorikeet Charmosyna multistriata Alcedinidae Little paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Meliphagidae Spot-breasted meliphaga Meliphaga mimikae Paradisaeidae Greater bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

    Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests 2008

  • Family Common Name Species Alcedinidae Spangled kookaburra Dacelo tyro Alcedinidae Little paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Sylviidae Fly River grassbird Megalurus albolimbatus Estrildidae Grey-crowned munia Lonchura nevermanni Estrildidae Black munia Lonchura stygia An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.

    Trans Fly savanna and grasslands 2008

  • When it did, there was Tanysiptera carolinae, newborn from old materials, a paradise-kingfisher with a blue breast and yellow feet and other invisible eccentricities that ornithologists haven’t yet plumbed.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

  • When it did, there was Tanysiptera carolinae, newborn from old materials, a paradise-kingfisher with a blue breast and yellow feet and other invisible eccentricities that ornithologists haven’t yet plumbed.

    The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

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