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spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)
Subject: spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)
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Spangled Kookaburra - Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro).jpg
Resolution: 773x602 File Size: 222452 Bytes Date: 2003:08:02 10:39:18 Camera: Canon EOS 10D (Canon) F number: f/4.5 Exposure: 1/250 sec Focal Length: 98/1 Upload Date: 2017:04:15 15:01:49

spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)


Dacelo tyro
English: Spangled Kookaburra, also called Aru Giant Kingfisher. Shot at the Jurong Bird Park, Singapore
Date 2 August 2003
Author Doug Janson https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dougjj
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spangled_Kookaburra.jpg

The spangled kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) also called Aru giant kingfisher, is a little-known species of kookaburra found in the Aru Islands, Trans Fly savanna and grasslands of southern New Guinea and Australia. It has bright blue wings and tail, a white chest and belly, dark eyes, and a striking white-spotted black head. Practically nothing is known of its family life or breeding biology.
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Dacelo
Species: Dacelo tyro Gray, 1858

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Scientific Name: Dacelo tyro Gray, 1858
Common Names: Spangled Kookaburra
French: Martin-chasseur pailleté; German: Aruliest; Spanish: Cucaburra escamosa
Taxonomy: Dacelo tyro G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.

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