Arui Paradise Frozen [1] ( lat. Tanysiptera hydrocharis ) - a species of kingfishers that lives on the islands of Aru and New Guinea .
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Description
Body length - 19 cm. An adult bird has a large red beak, a blue spot on the forehead, dark blue stripes on the face and wings, white plumage of the chest, as well as long tail feathers characteristic of paradise kingfishers.
Distribution
Arui paradise kingfisher lives on the Indonesian islands of Aru and in the extreme south of New Guinea. It feeds mainly on insects that it catches on the ground.
Notes
- ↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 178. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .
Literature
- C. Hilary Fry, Kathie Fry: Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, & Rollers . Princeton, New Jersey 1992, 1999, ISBN 0-691-04879-7