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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Tanysiptera

Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher

Tanysiptera sylvia

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bubpak1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Tanysiptera

Subspecies (2)

Tanysiptera sylvia salvadoriana

southeastern New Guinea (Hall Sound to Kemp Welch River)
Tanysiptera sylvia sylvia

breeds northeastern Australia (northeastern Cape York Peninsula southward to Clarke-Connors Range, central Queensland); winters in New Guinea

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bubpak1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.