Derivation
Da-ce'-lo - anagram of alcedo, L., kingfisher: gaudichaud - Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupre (1789 - 1854), took part in several expiditions as a naturalist, was attched to the Paris museum and worked on the botanical collections from his expiditions
Lowlands of New Guinea, along with western Papuan Is (Gebe, Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool, Kolepom), all islands in Geelvink Bay, Aru Is, and Heath Is (Sariba) in Milne Bay.
Food
Small insects, reptiles and possibly eggs and young of small birds.
Voice
A load, barking, chopping, 'tchk, tchok, tchk' and af descending, rattling, 'tok-tok-tok-...', sometimes uttered by two or more birds as a duet. Also varied shrieks and rasping sounds.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
BirdLife International Species Factsheet