Paradise reads
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Paradise read ( Tanysiptera sylvia ) |
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The Paradise Reads ( Tanysiptera Sylvia ), and blue caps Paradise Leist called, is a Kingfisher -type from the kind of Paradieseisvögel that in Australia and New Guinea occurs. The IUCN classifies the stock situation of this species as harmless ( least concern ). There are two subspecies.
features
The Paradiesliest, including the extended control springs, has a body length of 29 to 37 centimeters. The weight is between 38 and 61 grams. There is no noticeable gender dimorphism .
It has a large red beak, a blue patch on the forehead, a black stripe on the face, blue-black wings, and an ocher-colored chest. It has the typical elongated tail feathers of the paradise kingfishers.
Occurrence and habitat
The Paradise Read is common in Papua New Guinea , the Bismarck Archipelago and the Cape York Peninsula of Australia . The two subspecies occur in the following regions:
- T. s. salvadoriana - EP Ramsay, 1879 - Plains in the southeast of New Guinea. In this subspecies, the elongated pair of control springs has narrow blue seams. Compared to the nominate form , they are less divided into two at the end and do not taper to a point. The breast plumage is also a little less intense ocher than in the nominate form. As with the nominate form, the coat is largely black, but the proportion of black plumage is somewhat smaller. The shade of blue on the apex and wings is lighter.
- T. s. sylvia - Gould, 1850 - northeast of Australia from the Cape York Peninsula to the height of Eurimbula National Park on the northeast coast of Queensland. The Australian population moves to the south and north of New Guinea in the winter months. It has not yet been clarified whether the nominate form in the winter half-year also in the distribution area of the subspecies T. s. salvadoriana occurs.
In New Guinea, the paradise reads populate monsoon forests in the foothills. Its range overlaps with that of the Spatelliest , which occurs more numerous than it.
Way of life
The paradise read feeds on insects and other small animals that it catches on the ground.
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 .
Web links
- Mangoverde Buff-breasted Paradise-kingfisher
- French website with pictures
- Tanysiptera sylvia inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.