Laughing kookaburra
The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a type of kingfisher.[1] They were previously called the laughing jackass and the giant kingfisher.[2]
Breeding Laughing kookaburras are believed to have 90 females
Looks
They are normally off white with pale brown lines. They have brown wings and back. They look similar to the Blue-winged kookaburra which is found in the same area. [1] male and female birds look similar. They are 43 to 45 cm long and weigh around 0.5 kg.[2]
Laughing and rofous-bellied kookaburras are known to speed far north as Norway and as far south as Antarctica
Food
They eat insects, crustaceans and worms. Sometimes, they will eat small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds.[1]
Relationship with humans
They can become tame and may accept meat from a human's hand.[1]
Laughing Kookaburra Media
Coloured plate with the incorrect legend that was used by both Johann Hermann and Pieter Boddaert
A laughing kookaburra making a hollow for a nest in an arboreal termite nest.
Laughing kookaburra, Audley, Sydney, 2023
In Royal National Park, NSW
Kookaburra with a captured gecko in its beak
Juvenile in Sydney: Juveniles have shorter bills with a dark underside, and a strong white on the wing and mantle feathers
Catching a worm, Bruny Island, Tasmania, Australia
A laughing kookaburra seen eating a sausage which it snatched from a barbeque.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Laughing Kookaburra | BIRDS in BACKYARDS". Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Laughing Kookaburra - Facts, Diet & Habitat Information".