Kofiau paradise kingfisher

Kofiau paradise kingfisher
Tanysiptera ellioti by John Gerrard Keulemans
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).

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