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spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)
| Subject: | spangled kookaburra, Aru giant kingfisher (Dacelo tyro)
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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
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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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