Species profile— Dacelo leachii (blue-winged kookaburra).
The Blue-winged Kookaburra is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Measuring around 40 cm, it is slightly smaller than the more familiar Laughing Kookaburra. It has cream-coloured upper- and underparts barred with brownish markings. It has blue wings and brown shoulders and blue rump. It is sexually dimorphic, with a blue tail in the male, and a.
Title: Blue-winged Kookaburra, Dacelo leachii, from Gould's The birds of Australia Creator: Chesek, Craig Subject: Birds, Birds -- Pictorial works, Ornithology, Oceania, Art, Illustrations, Rare books, Australia, Snakes Rights: Information on rights available at the repository Repository: American Museum of Natural History Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library.
The ruddy kingfisher ranges from South Korea and Japan in the north, south through the Philippines to the Sunda Islands, and west to China and India. It is migratory, with birds in the northern part of the range migrating as far south as Borneo during winter. Locally common in southern parts of its range, the ruddy kingfisher is rare in Japan.
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The Laughing Kookaburra is a Sociable Bird. What makes these birds special is their sociable manner. Normally, kingfishers are lone wolves and only meet up during mating season. The laughing kookaburra and the blue-winged kookaburra live in small family groups, with their mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts.
The blue-winged kookaburra was first collected by Sir Joseph Banks in 1770, but was initially overlooked and confused with the laughing kookaburra, and was finally officially described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Thomas Horsfield in 1826, its specific name commemorating the British zoologist William Elford Leach. It is one of four members of the genus Dacelo which are commonly known as.
Queensland is the second-largest state in Australia but has the greatest biodiversity, with over 630 species of bird recorded (more than closest-rivals New South Wales or West Australia with both around 550). The sum total for continental Australia (including Tasmania) is approximately 815 species. The high avian biodiversity is probably a reflection of the wide variety of habitats, from.