Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) - HBW 6, p. 201
French: Martin-chasseur pailleté
German: Aruliest
Spanish: Cucaburra Escamosa
Other common names: Aru Giant/Mantled Kingfisher, Aru Kookaburra
Taxonomy: Dacelo tyro G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Has been placed in Melidora, but seems much closer to other Dacelo. In past was sometimes placed in monotypic genus Capricia, or in Sauromarptis along with D. gaudichaud; possibly derived from an ancestor of latter on Aru Is which subsequently reinvaded adjacent mainland. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tyro G. R. Gray, 1858 - Aru Is.
- archboldi (Rand, 1938) - S New Guinea, from R Bian and Habé I to R Wassi Kussa and Dimississi.
- Least Concern
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