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Dacelo (kookaburra)
Taxonomy
Dacelo was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.
It was assigned to Halcyoninae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Alcedinidae by Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Halcyoninae by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Alcedinidae by Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Dacelo Leach |
| 2014 | Dacelo del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Dacelo Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Dacelo Leach 1815 [kookaburra]
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Dacelo gaudichaud Quoy and Gaimard 1824 [Rufous-bellied kookaburra]
Dacelo leachii Vigors and Horsfield 1826 [Blue-winged kookaburra]
Dacelo novaeguineae Hermann 1783 [Laughing kookaburra]
Dacelo tyro Gray 1858 [Spangled kookaburra]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Dacelo novaeguineae (136157) |