Laughing Kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 35,067
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The laughing kookaburra is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye-stripe. The upperparts are mostly dark brown but there is a mottled light-blue patch on the wing coverts. The underparts are cream-white and the tail is barred with rufous and black. The plumage of the male and female birds is similar. The territorial call is a distinctive laugh that is often delivered by several birds at the same time, and is widely used as a stock sound effect in situations that involve a jungle setting.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Laughing kookaburra”.