The Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher lives in moist forest in southeastern New Guinea. Adult males have a brown head and back, pink underparts, and long tail feathers.
Adult males have a rufous-brown head and back, a bright pink rump, and pink throat and underparts. The central tail feathers are longer than the others and have white tips. Females have a buff throat; juveniles have olive-brown upperparts.
It often perches high in the forest and feeds on insects. It is presumed to be sedentary, but breeding information is unavailable.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.