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Species
Tanysiptera hydrocharis Gray, GR, 1858
Nomenclature
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Family: AlcedinidaeGenus: Tanysiptera
Species:
Tanysiptera hydrocharis Gray, GR, 1858
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Little Paradise Kingfisher, Lesser/Little/Blue-tailed Paradise-kingfisher, Aru Island Racquet-tail
SUMMARY
Both sexes dark blue crown and upper parts, white rump and under parts, tail dark blue, central rectrices 11 cm longer than rest and white margins, spatupate tips, bill red, iris dark brown, legs and foot olive grey. Juvenile browner, under-parts rufous-buff with darker stripes, bill brown with horn-coloured base of lower mandible.