Dacelo gaudichaud Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2009

Assessor/s

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

Contributor/s

Justification

This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History

  • 2008
    Least Concern
  • 2004
    Least Concern
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Sedentary

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IUCN Red List Assessment:
Red List Category

LC
Least Concern

Red List Criteria

Version

3.1

Year Assessed

2009

Assessor/s

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s

Bird, J., Butchart, S.

Contributor/s

Justification

This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History

  • 2008
    Least Concern
  • 2004
    Least Concern
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Arthropods, including grasshoppers and locusts, stick-insect, beetles, larvae, earthworms and large spiders and crabs, also small vertebrates, such as frogs, lizards, birds and small mammals.

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Population:

Population

The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and common (del Hoyo et al. 2001).
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VOICE: Common calls are loud, repeated “tok”, or “chock” a very rapid “tok-tok-tok” sounding like “trrrk” repeated every 2 seconds, a series of loud hoarse barks or laughts at one pitch and either slowor fast. Several birds calling together. Becoming laugh “kikikikiki-haw-haw-haw-haw-haw, other calls include 3-6 slow, high pitched shricks as”elew,elew,elew”.

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Population:

Population

The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and common (del Hoyo et al. 2001).
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Most breeding activity in late dry and early wet-season, nest excavation reported in mid-Aug and Sept, but also in May-Jun. Eggs reported in early Oct, and nestling in Oct, Dec, Jan and early Feb. Clutch 2 eggs, No data on incubation period.

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Rufous-bellied kookaburra:

The rufous-bellied kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud), originally known as Gaudichaud’s kookaburra after the French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, is a species of kookaburra which is widely distributed through the forests of lowland New Guinea. It has also been recorded on Saibai Island, Queensland, Australia.

It has a black cap, blue-tinged wings, and a pale rufous belly and tail feathers, but its white bill distinguishes it very clearly from other kookaburras with their black bills. Juveniles, however, have a dark grey bill.[2] Like the blue-winged kookaburra, the sexes can be distinguished by the colour of the tail feathers: blue in males and rufous in females and immature birds. Rufous-bellied kookaburras are smaller than other kookaburra species[3] at around 143 grams (5.0 oz) as against the laughing kookaburra's 335 grams (11.8 oz) and about 28 centimetres (11.0 in)[4] as against the laughing kookaburra’s 46 centimetres (18.1 in). Despite this major size difference, the rufous-bellied kookaburra has been known to form (infertile) hybrids with all other kookaburra species,[5] though available genetic studies suggest it is clearly the most distant of the four.[5]

This kookaburra is unusual in that it occupies dense rainforests (as opposed to the open country preferred by other kookaburras) and does not live in cooperative breeding family groups but singly or when breeding in pairs. Rufous-bellied kookaburras can be found in the middle story of the tropical rainforest, where they fly out directly and swiftly from their perch to seize large insects from trees.[4] Despite their direct flight, rufous-bellied kookaburras are capable of very sharp twists and turns around the dense trees that form their habitat. Rufous-bellied kookaburras have been known also to hunt small vertebrates, but do so less frequently than the larger woodland kookaburras, and frequently are mobbed by smaller birds when it preys on their eggs or nestlings.[2] Males are very aggressive in defending their territory, which averages 2 to 2.5 hectares (4.9 to 6.2 acres) in size, and sometimes fight intruders violently.

Like their larger relatives, rufous-bellied kookaburras breed in termite mounds. Breeding usually takes place from May to October, though the young do not disperse fully until February and pairs have never been known to attempt a second brood in one year.[2] Two white eggs are laid, though the actual incubation period is not known.

References[edit]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dacelo gaudichaud". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. 
  2. ^ a b c C. Hilary Fry; Kathie Fry (2000-01-01). Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, & Rollers: A Handbook. pp. 128–129. ISBN 978-0-691-04879-6. 
  3. ^ John B. Dunning, Jr. (2008). CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses, Second Edition. CRC PressI Llc. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-4200-6444-5. 
  4. ^ a b Morten Strange (2001). A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-691-11495-8. 
  5. ^ a b Eugene M. McCarthy (2006-02-16). Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-19-518323-8. 
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Not Threatened.

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