Why did Sonnerat record the Kookaburra, Dacelo gigas (Boddaert) from New Guinea?

1956/08/01 by Averil Lysaght · 3 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Livestock and Poultry Management #Avian ecology and behavior #Plant and animal studies #New guinea #Ornithology #Zoology #Geography #Biology #History #Ecology #Southern Hemisphere #Ethnology

paper · doi:10.1071/mu956224

published in Emu - Austral Ornithology 56(3), 224-225 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

"Why did Sonnerat record the Kookaburra, Dacelo gigas (Boddaert) from New Guinea?." Emu - Austral Ornithology, 56(3), pp. 224–225

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• Laughing kookaburra [wikipedia]