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Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

Tanysiptera nympha
Family
Kingfishers
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
rbpkin1, RBPK
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyKingfishers (Alcedinidae)
SpeciesTanysiptera nympha
Codesrbpkin1, RBPK
Identification

The Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) is a member of the Kingfishers family within the order Coraciiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code rbpkin1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Blue-eared Kingfisher
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Red-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher photo
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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Tanysiptera nympha

Family: Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: rbpkin1