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.