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LAUGHING KOOKABURRA


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LAUGHING KOOKABURRA
Dacelo novaeguineae 46 cm

·         The Laughing Kookaburra is endemic to the forests and woodlands of eastern Australia. 

·         Because of its loud calls and large size it is one of Australia’s most familiar birds.

·    Early in the morning, as the local kookaburra gang rouses us with their own particular salute to the sun, they are telling all other kookaburras within earshot that they have a territory and that they are ready to defend it. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency)

·    Differences from Blue-winged Kookaburra include: brownish crown, dark streak through eye and dark eye.

·         It is the world’s largest kingfisher.

·        The territorial call can be described as raucous ‘laughter’.

·    They spend most of the day on high branches or posts overlooking rainforest clearings or disturbed agricultural areas where they swoop on small snakes, lizards or frogs.

·      It is seen singly, in pairs or in family parties.

·    Young kookaburras continue to live at home for about four years. During this time their parents put them to good use; young laughing kookaburras perform about a third of incubation and brooding duties for the next generation and supply the nestlings with over half of their food.

·        A family of seven Kookaburras regularly visits Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge
 and entertains the guests with a chorus of laughter before they come down onto
 the lodge railings to accept meat scraps..

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