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    Kookaburra (redirect from Dacelo)
    (pronounced /ˈkʊkəbʌrə/) are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28 and 47 cm (11...
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    The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and...
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    The spangled kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) also called Aru giant kingfisher, is a little-known species of kookaburra found in the Aru Islands, Trans-Fly savanna...
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    sanghirensis Genus Dacelo, kookaburras Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii Spangled kookaburra, Dacelo tyro Shovel-billed...
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    The blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Measuring around 40 cm...
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    The rufous-bellied kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud), originally known as Gaudichaud's kookaburra after French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, is a species...
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    The shovel-billed kookaburra (Dacelo rex), also known as the shovel-billed kingfisher, is a large, approximately 33 cm (13 in) long, dark brown tree kingfisher...
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    weight. The common Australian kingfisher, known as the laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), is the heaviest species, with females reaching nearly 500 g...
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  • Kookaburras are birds native to Australia and New Guinea, of the genus Dacelo. Kookaburra may also refer to: Kookaburra (aircraft), an airplane involved...
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    Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus...
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    Hill) Postal abbreviation NSW ISO 3166 code AU-NSW Symbols Bird Kookaburra (Dacelo gigas) Fish Blue groper (Achoerodus viridis) Flower Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)...
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    Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) preying on a juvenile cane toad...
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    African dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx lecontei) to the 500g laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguinea). Despite their name, members of this family are not all piscivorous...
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    snakes, while young snakes presumably are taken by laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae), brown falcons (Falco berigora), and other raptors. One of...
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    Alcedinidae Subfamily: Halcyoninae Lacedo Banded kingfisher (L. pulchella) Dacelo Laughing kookaburra (D. novaeguineae) Blue-winged kookaburra (D. leachii)...
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    Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus...
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    Gang-gang cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum New South Wales Laughing kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae Northern Territory Wedge-tailed eagle Aquila audax Queensland...
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    pectoralis), green winged pigeons, grey fantails (Rhipidura), kookaburras (genus Dacelo), large-billed scrubwrens (Sericornis magnirostris), spotted pardalotes...
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    Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus...
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    occupied by the kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii or in burrows of a kookaburra Dacelo leachii (North, 1889), or at the base of a tree (Campbell, 1901). The reasons...
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    Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus...
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    Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)...
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    Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus...
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    magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen), raven (Corvus coronoides), laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), and wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax). It may even attack...
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    (Ocyphaps lophotes), wonga pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca), kookaburras (Dacelo spp.), superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), olive-backed oriole (Oriolus...
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    (Gymnorhina tibicen), butcherbirds (Cracticus spp.), laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), currawongs (Strepera spp.), crows and ravens (Corvus spp...
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    Alcedinidae Subfamily: Halcyoninae Lacedo Banded kingfisher (L. pulchella) Dacelo Laughing kookaburra (D. novaeguineae) Blue-winged kookaburra (D. leachii)...
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    Ceryle Chloroceryle Megaceryle Halcyoninae Actenoides Caridonax Cittura Clytoceyx Dacelo Halcyon Lacedo Melidora Pelargopsis Syma Tanysiptera Todiramphus...
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    Alcedinidae Subfamily: Halcyoninae Lacedo Banded kingfisher (L. pulchella) Dacelo Laughing kookaburra (D. novaeguineae) Blue-winged kookaburra (D. leachii)...
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    actually recorded a local name endrina which is still in use. The birds Dacelo novaeguineae and Pygoscelis papua, neither of which are found in New Guinea...
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