Shovel-billed Kookaburra (Dacelo rex)
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Shovel-billed Kookaburra

Dacelo rex (Sharpe, 1880)

The shovel-billed kookaburra (Dacelo rex), also known as the shovel-billed kingfisher, is a large, approximately 33 cm (13 in) long, dark brown tree kingfisher with a heavy, short, and broad bill that is unique among the kingfishers.

Where and when it's recorded

No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.

About

The shovel-billed kookaburra (Dacelo rex), also known as the shovel-billed kingfisher, is a large, approximately 33 cm (13 in) long, dark brown tree kingfisher with a heavy, short, and broad bill that is unique among the kingfishers. It has a dark head with a rufous (reddish/brown or rust coloured) stripe behind the eyes, a white throat, a rufous neck collar and underparts, a bright blue rump, brown iris, brownish-black bill with paler mandible (entire bill often appears brownish due to earth), and pale feet.

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Questions

Where does the Shovel-billed Kookaburra live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: New Guinea (except Trans-Fly, south-central New Guinea).

What family is the Shovel-billed Kookaburra in?

It belongs to the family Kingfishers (Alcedinidae), order Coraciiformes.

Range

Australasia: New Guinea (except Trans-Fly, south-central New Guinea)

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Kingfishers Alcedinidae
Genus
Dacelo

Other birds in the genus Dacelo

Spangled KookaburraSpangled KookaburraDacelo tyroRufous-bellied KookaburraRufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaudLaughing KookaburraLaughing KookaburraDacelo novaeguineaeBlue-winged KookaburraBlue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiGreen-backed KingfisherGreen-backed KingfisherActenoides monachusScaly-breasted KingfisherScaly-breasted KingfisherActenoides princepsMoustached KingfisherMoustached KingfisherActenoides bougainvilleiSpotted Wood KingfisherSpotted Wood KingfisherActenoides lindsayiBlue-capped KingfisherBlue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroniRufous-collared KingfisherRufous-collared KingfisherActenoides concretus
Shovel-billed Kookaburra

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