Basic Information
Scientific classification
- Chinese name: Pink-breasted Fairy Jade
- Scientific name: Tanysiptera nympha, Red-breasted paradise kingfisher
- Classification: Climbing birds
- Family and Genus: Order Coraciiformes, Family Kingfisher, Genus Kingfisher
Vital signs data
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- Weight: No verification information available.
- Lifespan: No verification data available.
Significant features
Distribution and Habitat
It is distributed in the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Appearance
The Pink-breasted Fairy Kingfisher has a bluish-purple forehead, a blue crown, and a blue nape. Its lores are black, and its cheeks and gills are bluish-purple. Its underparts and back are red. The lesser coverts are black, and the median coverts are bright sky blue. The rest of the upper wing coverts are bluish-purple. Two very long, thin ribbons emerge from the center of the tail, with blue outer edges and pure white, swollen, and flared ends. Its bill is red, its iris is dark brown, and its legs are yellowish-brown.
Detailed introduction
The Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher, scientifically known as *Tanysiptera nympha*, is a brightly colored bird.
The Pink-breasted Kingfisher is a completely carnivorous kingfisher. Its hunting techniques are largely similar to other kingfisher species, but it also has its own unique characteristics. It often hides in the shade of trees near water, waiting to ambush fish and shrimp. When standing, its head remains almost still, while its tail occasionally sways. It spends most of its time foraging on the ground, digging in the soil with its beak to catch insects, including snails, beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, centipedes, and earthworms. It also eats small reptiles such as lizards.
The Pink-breasted Fairy Kingfisher and its males will work together to burrow a nest in a termite mound four feet above the ground. The nest measures 15 cm x 13 cm. The female typically lays five eggs, and both parents share the responsibility of raising the chicks.
Listed in the IUCN Red List of Birds, ver 3.1: 2008.
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