Common Paradise Kingfisher

Spatelliest ( Tanysiptera galatea )

The Spatelliest ( Tanysiptera galatea ) is a kingfisher species in New Guinea and the neighboring Moluccas. We distinguish several subspecies. The Elliotliest and Biakliest were formerly attributed as subspecies the Spatelliest.

Features

The Spatelliest reached a size of 22 cm. He has a red beak, a blue forehead, a white hull and dark blue wings. His long tail feathers - characteristic of a Paradieseisvogel - are white - bluish.

Occurrence

The habitat of the Spatelliestes are low-lying forest areas in New Guinea and the neighboring Maluku islands (including Halmahera and Seram ). Its diet consists mainly of insects, which it catches on the ground.

Subspecies

  • Tanysiptera galatea acis, Wallace, 1863
  • Tanysiptera galatea boanensis, Mees, 1964
  • Tanysiptera galatea browningi, Ripley, 1983
  • Tanysiptera galatea brunhildae, Jany, 1955
  • Tanysiptera galatea doris, Wallace, 1862
  • Tanysiptera galatea emiliae Sharpe, 1871
  • Galatea galatea Tanysiptera, G. R. Gray, 1859
  • Tanysiptera galatea Margarethä, Heine, 1860
  • Tanysiptera galatea meyeri, Salvadori, 1889
  • Tanysiptera galatea minor, Salvadori & Alberti, 1875
  • Tanysiptera galatea nais, G. R. Gray, 1861
  • Tanysiptera galatea obiensis, Salvadori, 1877
  • Tanysiptera galatea ross eliana, Tristram, 1889
  • Tanysiptera galatea sabrina, G. R. Gray, 1861
  • Tanysiptera galatea vulcani, Rothschild & Hartert, 1915
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