Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Halcyonidae |
Genus: | Tanysiptera |
Species: | T. ellioti |
Binomial name | |
Tanysiptera ellioti Sharpe, 1870 |
The Kofiau Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera ellioti) is a tree kingfisher endemic to the Indonesian island Kofiau. This little-known bird is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Common Paradise Kingfisher (T. galatea).