Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Aru Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera hydrocharis) - HBW 6, p. 194

French: Martin-chasseur menu German: Feenliest Spanish: Alción Colilargo de las Aru
Other common names: Lesser/Little/Blue-tailed Paradise-kingfisher, Aru Island Racquet-tail

Taxonomy: Tanysiptera hydrocharis G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Closely related to T. galatea, from which thought probably to have differentiated in Aru Is, later invading mainland New Guinea, where now sympatric with that species without hybridizing. Monotypic.

Distribution: Aru Is, and S New Guinea in Trans-Fly region (R Merauke N to R Fly and E to R Oriomo).