Dacelo tyro (Spangled Kookaburra)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Aru Giant Kingfisher, Spangled Kookaburra

Common Names in French:

Martin-Chasseur Pailleté

Common Names in German:

Aruliest

Ecology:
List of Habitats :1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Aves () - Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes () - Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves ()
        Superorder: Coraciimorphae ()
        Order: Coraciiformes () - Forbes, 1884
        Suborder: Alcedini ()
        Infraorder: Alcedinides () - �
        Parvorder: Alcedinida ()
        Family: Alcedinidae ()
        Genus: Dacelo () - Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
        Specific name: tyro - G. R. Gray, 1858
        Scientific name: - Dacelo tyro G. R. Gray, 1858

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005

There are approximately 16 species in this genus:

Bird Reference Citations. The numbers inserted in the text accounts above (usually in bold) refer to references. For further details on these references, click on the BirdLife International link above to go to the specific species account on the BirdLife web site. In some cases, particularly in the taxonomic notes, the references are cited using the author names. Details for these can be found on the BirdLife International web site at the following two places: For References from A–L. For References from M–Z.
BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.

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BirdLife International 2004. Dacelo tyro. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.