Blue-winged Kookaburra
OccasionalGBIF 18.8·Dongniao Rarity Index8.67
英文名：Blue-winged Kookaburra（学名：Dacelo leachii），是佛法僧目翠鸟科笑翠鸟属的鸟类。大型翠鸟，原生于澳大利亚北部和新几内亚南部。体长约为40厘米，较笑翠鸟略小。拥有奶油色的上下体，带褐色条纹，蓝色翅膀与肩部，蓝臀。雄鸟尾部呈蓝色，雌鸟则为红褐色，带有黑色条纹。广泛分布于新几内亚南部至澳大利亚东北部。
Blue-winged Kookaburra
38-40 cm. Distinguished from Laughing Kookaburra by streaked white head; 'fishy' white eye; blue wings; uniform pale blue rump; tail deep-blue (male); red-brown, barred darker (female). Plumage more buff in nw. Aust. (race occidentalis). Immature: paler streaks on head; darker mottlings. Singles, pairs; territorial groups: shy, often quiet in foliage. In flight, note pale head and wingpatch, blue rump.
- Other name
- Barking Jackass, Howling Jackass.
- Voice
- a guttural 'krock, krock', developing into a cacophony of mechanical squawks, screeches; in chorus.
- Habitat
- tropical, subtropical open woodlands; paperbark swamps, timber on watercourses, clearings, canefields, farmlands.
- Breeding
- Aug.-Jan.
- Nest
- in tree hollow; tree termite nest.
- Eggs
- 3-4; whitish, rounded.
- Range & Status
- coastal nw., n. and ne. Aust. and islands: from Shark Bay-Pilbara (WA) to c. 50 km sw. of Brisbane (Q). Uncommon. Sedentary; local seasonal movements. Also Torres Strait, s. PNG.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Dacelo leachii occidentalis 2. Dacelo leachii leachii
