Species profile
Spangled Kookaburra
Dacelo tyro
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and sc New Guinea.
- Scientific name
- Dacelo tyro
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Genus
- Dacelo
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Spangled Kookaburra in your journal
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Related species in Alcedinidae
- African Dwarf-kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
- African Pygmy-kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
- Alcedo albogularis (Alcedo albogularis)
- Alcedo atricapilla (Alcedo atricapilla)
- Alcedo bicolor (Alcedo bicolor)
- Alcedo brasiliensis (Alcedo brasiliensis)
- Alcedo caerulea (Alcedo caerulea)
- Alcedo caeruleocephala (Alcedo caeruleocephala)