Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Red-breasted Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera nympha) - HBW 6, p. 194

French: Martin-chasseur nymphe German: Nymphenliest Spanish: Alción Colilargo Ninfa
Other common names: Pink-breasted Paradise-kingfisher, Red-breasted Racquet-tail

Taxonomy: Tanysiptera Nympha G. R. Gray, 1840, New Guinea = Vogelkop Peninsula.
Forms a superspecies with T. danae. Proposed race rothschildi (Huon Peninsula) now considered invalid. Monotypic.

Distribution: New Guinea, in two disjunct populations: in W in Vogelkop Peninsula (E to Geelvink and Etna Bays), and in NE from Adelbert Mts E to Huon Peninsula and S to upper R Watut and Bulolo Valley.