Common Paradise-kingfisher

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Common Paradise-kingfisher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Tanysiptera
Species: T. galatea
Binomial name
Tanysiptera galatea
Gray, 1859

The Common Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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