Tanysiptera galatea

Commom Kingfisher, Galatea Kingfisher

As recorded: Tanysiptera galatea G.R.Gray, 1859

Animalia › Chordata › Aves › Coraciiformes › Alcedinidae

Collected by: A Mack
Collector number: Collector Number: AA 13606
Locality: Hunstein River, "Gifa" area, 4.9 km N, 6.3 km E of Mt. Hunstein summit, (Camp 2)
Region: Papua New Guinea
Coordinates: -4.4651, 142.7121
Identified by: A Allison
Record type: Preserved specimen

Where it was collected

Cite this specimen

Tanysiptera galatea. BPBM 110711. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 95474334. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/110711.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 95474334 ↗
Data license: CC0
Last harvested October 26, 2026

Data-quality notes from GBIF

Type status not recognized

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