Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher

Tanysiptera sylvia sylvia ‡

Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_8429 20190403 - female. CLICK for another view.

Notes: White back & rump; large red bill; apricot underparts. Long white tail streamers, longer in
male, tinged blue on outer webs in female which also has variable buff tinge to mantle. Juvenile
duller colours, buff-tipped wing coverts, short tail streamers. Wet season migrant from New
Guinea to monsoon rainforests to breed in termitaria.

Range from Morcombe^©

Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_5388 20210310 - male Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld IMG_8613 20190404 - male Mt Lewis Track, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_5207 20210310 Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FNE Qld IMG_5117 20210309 - male. CLICK for another bird nearby. King's Range, Gordonvale, FN Qld IMG_4330 20180210 - female Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_8454 20190403 - juvenile. CLICK for video of one at Little Mulgrave, Cairns,
FNE Qld 20240324. Little Mulgrave, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_1717 20230313 - juvenile. CLICK for another view. Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_8611 20190404 - male Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_8413+8425 20190403 - female Feathers'n'Friends, Julatten, FN Qld MVI_8435 20190403 - female

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