Rufous-bellied Kookaburra

Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
male (blue tail) and female (rufous tail)
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Halcyonidae
Genus: Dacelo
Species: D. gaudichaud
Binomial name
Dacelo gaudichaud
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

The Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud) is a species of kookaburra which is widely distributed through the forests of lowland New Guinea. It has also been recorded on Saibai Island, Queensland, Australia.

This kookaburra is unusual in that it occupies dense rainforests (as opposed to the open country preferred by other kookaburras) and does not live in family groups but in pairs. It is a white-billed bird with a black cap, blue-tinged wings, and a pale rufous belly and tail feathers.

The scientific name commemorates the French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.

References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Dacelo gaudichaud. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern



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