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Species
Dacelo tyro Gray, GR, 1858
Nomenclature
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Family: AlcedinidaeGenus: Dacelo
Species:
Dacelo tyro Gray, GR, 1858
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
Vernacular name:
Spangled Kookaburra, Aru Giant/Mantled Kingfisher, Aru Kookaburra
SUMMARY
Male nominate race head, hindneck and mantle yellow-buff with black margins to feather, back and scapulars balck, rump and UpT-C bright cobalt-blue, tail and wings blue-black, lesser and medisn W-C edged with bright blue, chin and throat white, rest of underparts washed buff to pale orange, upper mandible black, lower mandible pale horn, iris dark brown, lebs and feet grey to yellowish-grey.Juvenile head duskier,underparts with narrow black margins. Race archboldi paler blue wing-coverts, pale underparts.