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The buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher (''Tanysiptera sylvia'') is a bird in the tree kingfisher family, Halcyonidae. It is native to Australia, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago and migrates in November from New Guinea to its breeding grounds in the rainforest of North Queensland, Australia. Like all paradise-kingfishers, this bird has colourful plumage with a red bill, buff breast and distinctive long tail streamers. == Taxonomy == The buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher was first described by John Gould in 1850 as ''Tanysiptera sylvia'' from specimens supplied by naturalist John MacGillivray from Cape York, Australia.〔Yarrell, W (1850). 'July 23, 1850', Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 18(1), 200-7.〕 The genus name is derived from the Greek ''tanuo'' meaning “long” and ''pteron'' meaning “wing”, whilst ''sylvia'' is from the Latin ''silva'', meaning "forest".〔Lederer, R & Burr, C (2014). ''Latin for birdwatchers''. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-76-011064-7.〕 Until recently the species was known as the white-tailed kingfisher. The name buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher was first used in Australia by Graham Pizzey in 1980.〔Fraser, I, Gray, J & CSIRO (Australia) (2013). ''Australian bird names : a complete guide''. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-64-310469-0.〕〔Pizzey, G (1980). ''A field guide to the birds of Australia''. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-00-219201-2.〕 The following subspecies are recognised: * ''T. sylvia sylvia'' (Gould, 1850),〔Christidis, L & Boles, WE (2008). ''Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds''. Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-09602-8.〕 the nominate species, is found in Australia and New Guinea. * ''T. sylvia salvadoriana'' (Ramsay, 1878),〔Higgins, Peter Jeffrey (1999). ''Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic birds''. v.4, Melbourne, Vic.: Oxford University Press. pp.1113-1122. ISBN 0 19-553071-3〕 after Conte Salvadorii (Italian ornithologist).〔 It is found in south west New Guinea and has paler underparts.〔 * ''T. sylvia leucura'' (Neumann, 1915)〔 from the Greek, ''leuko'' meaning "white" and ''oura'' meaning "tail".〔 It is found on Umboi Island in the Bismarck Archipelago. It is larger with paler underparts and the tail is entirely white and shorter.〔Fry, CH & Fry, K (1999). ''Kingfishers, bee-eaters & rollers''. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p.118-119. ISBN 0-691-04879-7.〕 * ''T. sylvia nigriceps'' (Sclater, 1977)〔 from the Latin, ''niger'' meaning "black" and Greek ''cephs'' meaning "head".〔 It is found in New Britain and Duke of York Islands in the Bismarck Archipelago.〔 It is larger with black cap and scapulars, paler underparts, blue and white tail, broader streamers, longer tails and different song.〔 ''T. nigriceps'' has recently been listed by IUCN as a separate species.〔BirdLife International (2014). ''Tanysiptera nigriceps''. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Other vernacular names used include white-tailed kingfisher, white-tailed Tanysiptera (used by Gould 1848),〔 Australian paradise-kingfisher, long-tailed kingfisher, silver-tailed kingfisher, racquet-tailed kingfisher, black-headed kingfisher,〔 kinghunter,〔Chisholm, A (1932). "The White-tailed Kingfisher". ''Emu'' 32(2), 81-3.〕 Tcherwal-Tcherwal (Aboriginal language).〔Hollands, D (1999). ''Kingfishers and kookaburras : jewels of the Australian bush''. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Reed New Holland. p.102〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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