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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Dacelo

Laughing Kookaburra

Dacelo novaeguineae

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (laukoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Dacelo

Subspecies (2)

Dacelo novaeguineae minor

northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)
Dacelo novaeguineae novaeguineae

eastern and southeastern Australia (Wet Tropics region, northern Queensland, to southeastern South Australia); introduced southwestern Australia and Tasmania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (laukoo1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.