Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro)

Other Names (World)
Spangled Kookaburra, Aru Giant Kingfisher, Mantled Kingfisher, Aru Kookaburra

Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
Gray, 1858

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, subtropical and tropical dry forest and dry savanna.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A rattling gurgle. Also a loud 'kurk'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) [XC582457]
by id from Ndalir, Wasur NP, Indonesia (song)

Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo) [XC278867]
by Ken Behrens from Wasur National Park, Papua, Indonesia (duet, song)

Subspecies
Has been placed in Melidora, but seems much closer to other Dacelo. In past was sometimes placed in monotypic genus Capricia, or in Sauromarptis along with Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud) and possibly derived from an ancestor of latter on Aru Is which subsequently reinvaded adjacent mainland.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

tyro Gray, 1858 - Aru Is.
archboldi (Rand, 1938) - Southern New Guinea, from R Bian and Hab� I to R Wassi Kussa and Dimississi.

References
See References.

Files:

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