Paradise kingfisher
| Paradise kingfishers | |
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| Brown-headed paradise kingfisher | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: |
Tanysiptera Vigors, 1825 |
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The paradise kingfishers (genus Tanysiptera) are a group of tree kingfishers found in Australasia.
The genus was erected by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825. The name Tanysiptera is from classical Greek tanusipteros meaning "long-feathered". The birds in the genus have distinctive long tail streamers.
There are nine species:
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