spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)

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Subject:	spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)
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Dacelo tyro
Date 1858
Source Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858 (http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofzoo1858zool#page/n222/mode/1up)
Author Joseph Wolf (1820–1899)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DaceloTyroWolf.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.

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