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...

that the genus Dacelo, as then defined, was paraphyletic. The shovel-billed kookaburra was previously classified in the monotypic genus Clytoceyx, but...

kookaburras Laughing kookaburra, Dacelo novaeguineae Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii Spangled kookaburra, Dacelo tyro Shovel-billed kookaburra...

hunt prey off the ground. The largest and most atypical bill is that of the shovel-billed kookaburra, which is used to dig through the forest floor in search...

The blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Measuring around 40 cm...

The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and...

In Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Stork-billed Kingfisher Lake Sentarum National Park, Indonesia A Stork-billed Kingfisher with blue plumage in central...

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...

dig into the soil searching for prey in a similar manner to the shovel-billed kookaburra. BirdLife International (2016). "Melidora macrorrhina". IUCN Red...

The rufous-bellied kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud), originally known as Gaudichaud's kookaburra after French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, is a...

species from the Indo-West Pacific Clytoceyx rex, the shovel-billed kookaburra or shovel-billed kingfisher, a large bird species endemic to New Guinea...

Short-toed snake eagle Short-toed treecreeper Short-winged cisticola Shovel-billed kookaburra Shrike-like tanager Shy albatross Shy ground dove Shy heathwren...

lower belly are chestnut, and the throat and breast are white. The large bill and legs are bright red. The flight of the white-throated kingfisher is rapid...

females and juveniles are white below. They have large laterally-flattened bills and dark legs. The calls of Micronesian kingfishers are generally raspy...

that contrasts with the whitish throat, purple-blue wings and the coral red bill. The species is mainly found in coastal and mangrove habitats but can sometimes...

The flight of the blue-breasted kingfisher is rapid and direct. The large bill has a red upper mandible and black lower mandible. The legs are bright red...

partially migratory. Halcyon kingfishers are mostly large birds with heavy bills. They occur in a variety of habitats, with woodland of various types the...

black. The flight of the woodland kingfisher is rapid and direct. The large bill has a red upper mandible and black lower mandible. The legs and feet are...

(a West Indian insectivorous bird) and Ancient Greek rhamphos (ῥάμφος), 'bill'. The specific epithet is the Latin sanctus 'sacred'. Five subspecies are...

audio and video of yellow-billed kingfisher from Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Macaulay Library Recordings of yellow-billed kingfisher from Xeno-canto...

others have a white spot between the eye and bill. There may be a black stripe through the eye. The large bill is black with a pale yellow base to the lower...

(2000). "Social and mating system of cooperatively breeding laughing kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae)". Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 47 (4):...

Reaching approximately 25 cm, the ruddy kingfisher has a very large, bright red bill and equally red legs. The body is rust red, generally deepening to purple...

The great-billed kingfisher or black-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is endemic to...

Green kingfisher Green-and-rufous kingfisher Lilac kingfisher Shovel-billed kookaburra Malachite kingfisher White-bellied kingfisher Madagascan pygmy...

(2): 81–3. doi:10.1071/mu932081. Hollands, D (1999). Kingfishers and kookaburras : jewels of the Australian bush. Frenchs Forest, N.S.W.: Reed New Holland...

'tody' (a West Indian insectivorous bird) and Ancient Greek rhamphos, 'bill'. The specific epithet honours the Scottish entomologist and Colonial Secretary...

Blue-winged kookaburra, Dacelo leachii Spangled kookaburra, Dacelo tyro Rufous-bellied kookaburra, Dacelo gaudichaud Shovel-billed kookaburra, Clytoceyx...

the Handbook of the Birds of the World chose to place these Pacific flat-billed species in the resurrected genus Todiramphus. This decision was vindicated...

species have bright yellow bills. The mountain kingfisher is endemic to the mountainous regions of New Guinea. The yellow-billed kingfisher occurs in lowland...