Shovel-billed Kookaburra

When to see the Shovel-billed Kookaburra

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Shovel-billed Kookaburra

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Shovel-billed Kookaburra

The shovel-billed kookaburra, also known as the shovel-billed kingfisher, is a large, approximately 33 cm (13 in) long, dark brown tree kingfisher with a heavy, short, and broad bill that is unique among the kingfishers. It has a dark head with a rufous stripe behind the eyes, a white throat, a rufous neck collar and underparts, a bright blue rump, brown iris, brownish-black bill with paler mandible, and pale feet. Both sexes are similar in appearance, but are easily recognized from the colour of the tail. The male has a dark bluish tail while female's is rufous. The juvenile has a female-like plumage with scale-patterned feathers.

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Easily confused with

Spangled KookaburraDacelo tyroThe spangled kookaburra grows to 33 cm (13 in) in length, with females growing slightly larger than males. Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaudThe rufous-bellied kookaburra, originally known as Gaudichaud's kookaburra after French botanist Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, is a species of kookaburra that is widely distributed through the forests of lowland New Guinea. Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiThe adult blue-winged kookaburra measures around 38 to 42 cm (15 to 17 in) in length and weighs 260 to 330 g.