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Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachii Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827
The blue-winged kookaburra is a large species of kingfisher native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Source: Wikipedia
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Coraciiformes
Family:
Alcedinidae
Genus:
Dacelo
Scientific:
Dacelo leachii
Classification
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:
Alcedinidae
Genus:
Dacelo
Scientific:
Dacelo leachii
Original description
Citation:
Vigors, NA; Horsfield, T 1827
Reference:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London
(1), 15(1826) p.205
Protonym:
Dacelo leachii
Type locality:
East Coast of Australia: Keppel Bay, Shoalwater Bay, Broad Sound.
Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/778451
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
6F0C3A53E589B886
Avibase ID:
avibase-6F0C3A53
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6F0C3A53
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554575
Geographic range:
- Dacelo leachii leachii: northern Australia, from northern Western Australia east to southeastern Queensland
- Dacelo leachii cervina: Melville I. and adjacent humid coastal Northern Territory
- Dacelo leachii [intermedia or superflua]: southern New Guinea (Mimika River to Amazon Bay)
- Dacelo leachii occidentalis: NW Australia (Hamersley and Pilbara regions)
Source: Clements checklist
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Catalan:
Cucaburra d'ales blaves
Czech:
ledňák kukabura
Danish:
Hvidhovedet Latterfugl
German:
Blauflügelliest
Spanish:
Cucaburra Aliazul
Spanish (Spain):
Cucaburra Aliazul
Finnish:
sinikookaburra
French:
Martin-chasseur à ailes bleues
Croatian:
modrokrili vodomar
Hungarian:
bóbitás halción
Italian:
Kookaburra aliazzurre
Japanese (romaji):
aobanewaraikawasemi
Japanese:
アオバネワライカワセミ
Lithuanian:
Mėlynsparnė kukabara
Dutch:
Blauwvleugelkookaburra
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Larmekokaburra
Norwegian:
Larmekokaburra
Polish:
kukabura modroskrzydła
Portuguese:
cucaburra-de-asa-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
cucaburra-d'asa-azul
Russian:
Синекрылая кукабара
Slovak:
kukabura modrokrídla
Serbian:
Plavokrila kukabura
Swedish:
blåvingad kokaburra
Ukrainian:
Кукабара синьокрила
Chinese:
蓝翅笑翠鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
藍翅笑翠鳥
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Martin-chasseur à ailes bleues ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Martin-chasseur à ailes bleues ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Dacelo leachii [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Dacelo leachii [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Dacelo leachii [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Blue-winged Kookaburra ( Dacelo leachii) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dacelo leachii [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Dacelo leachii [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Cucaburra d'ales blaves
Czech: ledňák kukabura, Lednák modrokrídlý
Danish: Hvidhovedet Latterfugl
German: Blauflügel-Kookaburra, Blauflügelliest, Haubenliest
English: Barking Jackass, Blue winged Kookaburra, Blue-winged Kingfisher, Blue-winged Kookaburra, Fawn-breasted Kingfisher, Howling Jackass, Jackass, Leach's Kingfisher, Northern Blue-winged Kookaburra
English, HBW: Blue-winged Kookaburra
English (IOC): Blue-winged Kookaburra
English (United States): Blue-winged Kookaburra
Esperanto: Bluflugila kukabarao
Spanish: Cucaburra Aliazul, Cucaburra de Alas Azules
Spanish (Spain): Cucaburra Aliazul
Spanish (HBW): Blue-winged Kookaburra
Estonian: siniõlg-kuukabarra, siniõlg-kuukabarra (siniõlg-safiirlind), siniõlg-safiirlind
Finnish: sinikookaburra, Sininauraja
French: Martin-chasseur à ailes bleues, Martin-chasseur de Leach, Martin-pêcheur de Leach
Croatian: modrokrili vodomar
Hungarian: bóbitás halción
Indonesian: Kukabura Sayap-biru, Raja udang Irian sayap biru
Italian: Kookaburra aliazzurre
Japanese (romaji): aobanewaraikawasemi
Japanese: アオバネワライカワセミ
Scientific: Dacelo leachii, Dacelo leachii leachii
Lithuanian: Mėlynsparnė kukabara
Dutch: Blauwvleugelkookaburra
Norwegian Nynorsk: Larmekokaburra
Norwegian: Larmekokaburra
Polish: kukabura modroskrzydla, kukabura modroskrzydła
Portuguese: cucaburra-de-asa-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): cucaburra-d'asa-azul
Russian: Голубокрылая кукабарра, Синекрылая кукабара, Синекрылая кукабарра
Slovak: kukabura modrokrídla
Slovenian: kričavi lovač
Serbian: Plavokrila kukabura
Swedish: blåvingad kokaburra, Blåvingad kookaburra
Turkish: Mavi kanatlı kukabura
Ukrainian: Кукабара синьокрила
Chinese: 蓝翅笑翠鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 藍翅笑翠鳥
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