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Dacelo novaeguineae · Family Alcedinidae

Dacelo novaeguineae

Family Alcedinidae

Order
Coraciiformes
Family
Alcedinidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,332,436
Countries and territories with records
21
Laughing Kookaburra
JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · Dacelo novaeguineae waterworks.jpg · CC BY-SA 3.0 · JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Recordings may be trimmed and re-encoded; photos are cropped and resized.
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About this species

This species has 1,332,436 occurrence records from 21 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.9% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Dacelo novaeguineae combines the genus name Dacelo with the species epithet novaeguineae. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Dacelo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Dacelo leachii, Dacelo gaudichaud and Dacelo rex.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 104 species of the family Alcedinidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Megaceryle alcyon. Its record count is 8.4 times the family average (157,707). The family Alcedinidae belongs to the order Coraciiformes, which has 171 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Alcedinidae

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