Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud) - HBW 6, p. 201
French: Martin-chasseur de Gaudichaud
German: Rotbauchliest
Spanish: Cucaburra Ventrirrufa
Other common names: Gaudichaud’s Kookaburra, Rufous-bellied Giant Kookaburra
Taxonomy: Dacelo Gaudichaud Quoy and Gaimard, 1824, Waigeo.
Possibly the ancestral form of the genus Dacelo. Has in past been placed with D. tyro in genus Sauromarptis. Monotypic.
Distribution: Lowlands of New Guinea, along with W Papuan Is (Gebe, Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, Misool, Kolepom), all islands in Geelvink Bay, Aru Is, and Heath Is (Sariba) in Milne Bay.
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rear view of adult perched on lateral branch, looking around, then regurgitates a pellet Locality Batanta Island, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 September 2004 3 years ago 48 sec 3 -
A perched bird, looking around. Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 August 2006 4 years ago 30 sec 3 -
A poor view of a bird through a scope Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 6 years ago 5 sec 1.9 -
A bird on a branch Locality Kiunga, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 6 years ago 17 sec 1.6 -
A bird perched high in a tree, calling Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 25 August 2008 4 years ago 23 sec 1.5
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A bird perched on a branch.
Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 19 October 2012 28 weeks ago 4 -
Dorsal view of a female perched on a trunk.
Locality Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
Brian J. Coates 33 weeks ago 3.7 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Lee Hunter 2 July 2011 11 weeks ago 3.3 -
Perched bird seen from below
Locality Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species)
mark sutton 10 August 2008 4 years ago 2 -
This bird was sitting just off a rainforest trail in Varirata NP in a very hard-to-spot area!
Locality Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Tony Menart 18 July 2004 2 years ago 1.8 -
Bird perched on canopy
Locality Nimbokrang Forest, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea
Eduardo de Juana 26 July 2008 3 years ago 1.3
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A bird calling Locality Tabubil, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Keith Blomerley 25 August 2008 4 years ago 3
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