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Little Paradise Kingfisher
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Little Paradise Kingfisher

Tanysiptera hydrocharis

The little paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera hydrocharis) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.

It is found in the Aru Islands and southern New Guinea.

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Description

It is similar to the common paradise kingfisher, albeit smaller. The juvenile is grey-brown with buff undersides. Its short tail is blue.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2405.