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Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachiiVigors & Horsfield, 1827
Native
- Order
- CORACIIFORMES
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Dacelo
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The blue-winged kookaburra is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- South New Guinea and north-west to north-east Australia
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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04 · Voice
What it sounds like
call · Quality A
Peter Russell · Cooya Pooya, Shire of Roebourne, Western Australia, Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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