Shovel-billed Kookaburra Dacelo rex Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
P. F. Woodall
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2001
Text last updated January 1, 2001
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | ledňák kuželozobý |
| Dutch | Kikkerbekijsvogel |
| English | Shovel-billed Kookaburra |
| English (United States) | Shovel-billed Kookaburra |
| French | Martin-chasseur bec-en-cuillère |
| French (France) | Martin-chasseur bec-en-cuillère |
| German | Froschschnabelliest |
| Icelandic | Mokþyrill |
| Indonesian | Raja-udang paruh-sekop |
| Japanese | ハシブトカワセミ |
| Norwegian | plogkokaburra |
| Polish | kukabura szuflodzioba |
| Russian | Лягушкоротая кукабара |
| Serbian | Debelokljuna kukabura |
| Slovak | kukabura lyžicozobá |
| Spanish | Martín Cazador Picopala |
| Spanish (Spain) | Martín cazador picopala |
| Swedish | skovelnäbbskungsfiskare |
| Turkish | Kürek Gagalı Kukabura |
| Ukrainian | Альціон товстодзьобий |
Dacelo rex (Sharpe, 1880)
PROTONYM:
Clytoceyx rex
Sharpe, 1880. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (5), 6, p.231.
TYPE LOCALITY:
East Cape, New Guinea.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- DACELO
- rex
- Rex
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Shovel-billed Kookaburra
