The Rufous-bellied Kookaburra lives in lowland New Guinea and nearby islands. The male has a blue rump and tail and deep reddish-brown underparts.
The male has a black head and back separated by a white collar, a deep-blue rump and tail, and deep reddish-brown underparts below the throat. The female's tail is reddish brown.
It mainly gleans insects, spiders, and other arthropods in the lower canopy, and also takes frogs, lizards, birds, and small mammals.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.