I imagine the American Coyote's would be similar?
Reading through the descriptions you and Andy provide on the dingo, I would say yes, quite similar in many ways Ian. Coyotes are very wary of any tight areas. Young/inexperienced coyotes can sometimes be caught in tight brush, very seldom older ones. Although I do catch a very few big, dominant dog coyotes this way, and can only conclude that they are the 'cock of the walk' so to speak, and have grown accustomed to having their way.
About the hardest thing in the world to catch is a smart, old female coyote. She has nothing to prove, and is infinitely wary and patient. The really smart ones are almost impossible to take with rifle, call or trap, and I would venture to say that this small percent, when they are taken, are nearly all incidental kills.
One difference I can see is where it seems that the dingo is little threat to domestic dogs, if I am understanding correctly from above. A dominant coyote can and will kill a domestic dog if it has the chance. A pair of coyotes can kill or cripple a dog in short order and are very territorial. Of course this all depends on the situation, the individual dog and coyote. But coyotes are very good at teasing/luring dogs away far enough to work them over hard.
I once saw coyotes chase a black bear away from their den in the springtime. I've never seen anything so quick as that female coyote, and that bear could not spin fast enough to keep his backside from getting bit. He abandoned the plan in short order

I've seen a few coyotes raised up from a pup. I never saw one totally domesticated. One was fairly gentle, but was a notorious chicken killer anytime it wasn't chained. Another would bite hard when he could, even from when he was very little. I couldn't tolerate that little cuss and didn't shed any tears when he was run over about 9 months old. The most gentle one I was around was one that a guy had we used to run into fishing along the Snake River. He said he had got it before its eyes were even open, but I don't remember the whole story on it. This was about 35 years ago. What I do remember was my dad dangling a piece of rind off of some liverwurst in front of its nose while it was napping. That little guy went from snoring to snapping for that liverwurst faster than a blink. I thought it got some finger with the liverwurst, and I think dad did too for a minute

Fish and Game finally saw him with it and took it from him.
A couple of coyote kills from this winter. Even the larger animals are on the menu when conditions permit.


I looked through for a picture of a live coyote. I don't get too many of those. This pack is several hundred yards out, living on the frozen river and eating anything unlucky enough to be caught on the ice.

Some other pics from this winter


Although I'm pretty hard on them out of necessity, I have great respect for them.