Avifauna of the Adelbert Mountains, New Guinea: why is Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri the mountains’ only endemic bird species? Author Diamond, Jared Author Bishop, K. David text Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 2021 2021-03-09 141 1 75 108 journal article 299726 10.25226/bboc.v141i1.2021.a8 7017e380-8cb6-45cd-827d-bafef651a69e 2513-9894 12733989 6D2353AF-B244-409B-AF02-944A06062AE RED-BREASTED PARADISE KINGFISHER Tanysiptera nympha Noisy, commonly heard and seen at Kangarangate but not at our higher elevation site of Munggur.ȱTwoȱcallsȱareȱfrequentlyȱgiven:ȱaȱveryȱfastȱdescendingȱtrill,ȱsimilarȱtoȱtheȱfirstȱpartȱ ofȱ theȱ callȱ ofȱ Yellow-billedȱ Kingfisherȱ Syma torotoro ,ȱ butȱ withȱ aȱ spittedȱ unmusicalȱ quality;ȱ and a very faint, long, medium-high pitch, single ascending note. Segregated ecologically fromȱ Commonȱ Paradiseȱ Kingfisherȱ T. galatea by inhabiting higher elevations, and by perching higher in forest (at 6–15 m ) rather than in the lower storey. We encountered T. galatea just once, at low elevation ( 815 m ), at Kangarangate.