๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Rufous-bellied Kookaburra live?

Dacelo gaudichaud has 7,088 records in 3 countries and territories, from 1875 to 2026. Most records come from Papua New Guinea.

Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra โ€” JJ Harrison / CC BY-SA 4.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataAvesCoraciiformesAlcedinidaeDacelo

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Papua New Guinea 3,658
Indonesia 3,427
ZZ 3

Related animals

Others in the family Alcedinidae.

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Common Kingfisher
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White-throated Kingfisher
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1,363,084 records
Laughing Kookaburra
Laughing Kookaburra
1,326,925 records
Sacred Kingfisher
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567,584 records
Pied Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
538,605 records
Ringed Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
493,135 records
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.