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The Braunmantelliest ( Tanysiptera danae ) is a kingfisher species that belongs to the avifauna of New Guinea and belongs to the genus of the paradise kingfishers . The IUCN classifies the stock situation of this species as harmless ( least concern ). No subspecies are distinguished.
features
The Braunmantelliest reaches a body length of 28 to 30 centimeters including the extended control springs. This makes it one of the smaller species among the paradise kingfishers. The weight is between 37 and 50 grams.
He has a red beak. Head, neck and wings are brownish, its trunk is light-reddish in color. Its long tail feathers - characteristic of a Kingfisher of Paradise - are bluish.
Occurrence and habitat
The habitat of the Braunmantelliestes lies in low-lying forest areas in the far east of New Guinea . There it mainly inhabits the forests of the foothills and occurs predominantly in dense primary forests. Its height distribution ranges from 300 to 1000 meters. The Spatelliest also occurs in its area of distribution . As a rule, the brown mantle is found at higher altitudes than the spatula. In the region around Popondetta, the capital of the province of Oro of Papua New Guinea in the southeast of the island, however, both species occur at altitudes of 150 meters. The Braunmantelliest can be observed here even more frequently than the Spatelliest.
Way of life
Its diet consists mainly of insects that it catches on the ground.
Etymology and history of research
Richard Bowdler Sharpe published the Braunmantelliest under the current name Tanysiptera danae . The type specimen was collected by Charles Huntein in the area around Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea. As early as 1825 Nicholas Aylward Vigors introduced the genus Tanysiptera for the brilliant bird of paradise ( Galbula dea ( Linnaeus , 1758)). This name is made up of the Greek words "tany-, teinō τανυ, τεινω " for "long, stretched" and "pteron πτερον " for "feather". The species name "danae" probably refers to " Danaë ", the daughter of Akrisios and was covered in gold when Zeus was transformed into golden rain to gain access to the prison roof . Since there were also other Danaës in Greek mythology and Shape did not provide a precise explanation of the naming, it cannot be ruled out whether he had Danaë , the daughter of Neoptolemus or Danaë , daughter of Leontion in mind.
literature
- Bruce M. Beehler, Thane K. Pratt: Birds of New Guinea; Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics . Princeton University Press, Princeton 2016, ISBN 978-0-691-16424-3 .
- C. Hilary Fry , Kathie Fry: Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, & Rollers. Princeton, New Jersey 1992, 1999, ISBN 0-691-04879-7 .
- James A. Jobling: Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4 .
- Richard Bowdler Sharpe: Description of two remarkable new species of Kingfishers . In: The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History (= 5 ). tape 6 , 1880, p. 231-232 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
- Nicholas Aylward Vigors: Observations on the Natural Affinities that Connect the Order and Families of Birds . In: Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . tape 14 , no. 3 , 1825, p. 395-517 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
Web links
- Surfbirds Brown-Headed Paradise-Kingfisher
- Videos, photos and sound recordings for Tanysiptera danae in the Internet Bird Collection
- Tanysiptera danae inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.