Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
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Scientific name: Tanysiptera sylvia
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Call: loud tcherwill, tcherwill
Audio by: Keith Blomerley
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[1] Legge, S., & Heinsohn, R. (2001). Kingfishers in paradise: The breeding biology of Tanysiptera sylvia at the Iron Range National Park, Cape York. Australian Journal of Zoology, 49(1), 85-98. doi: 10.1071/ZO00090
[2] Legge, S., Murphy, S., Igag, P., & Mack, A. (2004). Territoriality and density of an Australian migrant, the Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher, in the New Guinean non-breeding grounds. Emu, 104(1), 15-20. doi: 10.1071/MU03054
[3] Pizzey, G. (1980). A field guide to the birds of Australia. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
[4] Simpson, K., & Day, N. (1988). Field guide to the birds of Australia. London, UK: Christopher Helm.
[5] Williams, S. E. (2006). Vertebrates of the wet tropics rainforests of Australia: Species distributions and biodiversity. Cairns, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management.
Links:
The Internet Bird Collection: Photos, videos, and sounds
VIREO: Visual Resources for Ornithology
Scientific name | Range |
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Tanysiptera sylvia sylvia | Breeds ne Australia (n Queensland); winters in New Guinea |
Tanysiptera sylvia leucura | Umboi I. (Bismarck Archipelago) |
Tanysiptera sylvia nigriceps | Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and Duke of York) |
Tanysiptera sylvia salvadoriana | SE New Guinea (Hall Sound to Kemp Welch River) |
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