Tanysiptera danae

The head is brown, the eyes are brown, the chin and throat are light brownish yellow, the back and chest are red, the wings are dark blue and the secondary feathers are dark blue to black. It has a pair of very long blue tail feathers that puff out into a white patter at the ends. Red mouth, red legs and claws. Black eyes.

The emerald is found in the Pacific Islands (including Taiwan Province of China, Dongsha Islands, Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands, Nansha Islands and the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia's Sumatra, Java Island and Papua New Guinea).

Tanysiptera danae, Brown-backed Paradise Kingfisher, is a very beautiful kingfisher.

A completely carnivorous kingfisher, its hunting techniques are roughly the same as those of other species of hunting kingfishers, but it also has its own characteristics. Often hidden in the shade of the tree near the water to prey on fish and shrimp. His head hardly moves while he stands, and his tail wags from time to time. It spends most of its time on the ground searching for food, digging through the soil with its mouth to prey on insects, including snails, beetles, grasshoppers, caterpillars, centipedes, earthworms, and small reptile lizards. Sometimes it makes the feathers very dirty.

Both sexes dig a termite-hollowed nest in a tree four feet above the ground. Size 15 cm x 13 cm. The female usually lays five eggs, and both raise the chicks together.

Listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ver 3.1:2008 Red List of Birds: Not threatened.

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