Kookaburra



Kookaburras (genus Dacelo) are terrestrial kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. Lacedo is an anagram of Dacelo.





Species
All kookaburras are sexually dimorphic, but this is only obvious in the Blue-winged and the Rufous-bellied, where males have blue tails, females rufous.
 * Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud). (southern New Guinea, Saibai island)
 * Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro). (Aru Islands, southern New Guinea)
 * Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii). (northern Australia, southern New Guinea)
 * Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae). (native to eastern Australia, introduced to southwest Australia)